Acquisition of Private Companies (Hexagon series)

by W.J.L.Knight (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $23.35

  This book contains practical information on how to acquire the shares of a private company. It covers consents to acquisitions; employees; pensions; share premium accounts and pre-combination profits; investigations and warranties; acquisitions by listed companies; stamp duty; taxation; and precedents of an agreement for sale; a vendor placing agreement; and other documents. In covering aspects of the takeover process, it explains the law, taxation and procedure. It includes precedents with explanatory notes and this edition contains sections on merger and competition law and the legal considerations of Stock Market fund-raising. Account is taken of legislation, including the Financial Services Act 1986, the Income and Corporation Taxes 1988, the implications of the 1989 Budget and the Companies Bill. William J.Knight is a practising solicitor and a partner at Simmons and Simmons, experienced in acting in takeover, merger and acquisition situations.