ISS says Biomet shareholders should reject buyout
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Influential shareholder advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended in a report that Biomet Inc.  shareholders vote against a $10.9 billion private-equity buyout of the orthopedic device maker, saying the price is not high enough.
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JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--South Africa&#39;s Securities Regulation Panel will next week hear objections from Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) to the takeover offer the company received earlier this week from Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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New shareholders should not be admitted  to European plane maker EADS's  shareholder pact,  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview  when asked about allowing Russian investors to buy in.
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Influential advisory firm Institutional  Shareholder Services has recommended that shareholders vote  against billionaire Carl Icahn&#39;s sweetened $3 billion buyout  offer for Lear Corp.
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Imperial Chemical Industries, Britainâs largest specialty chemical maker, said today that it had rejected a takeover bid from Akzo Nobel worth Â£7.2 billion, or $14 billion, as too low.
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Biomet Inc.  on Thursday accepted a sweetened takeover bid of $11.4 billion from a group of private equity firms after a influential shareholder advisory firm urged the orthopedic device maker's shareholders to reject a previous $10.9 billion offer.
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The London Stock Exchange today rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover approach from German rival Deutsche BÃ¶rse, but held open the prospect of further talks.
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Gold Fields Ltd. shareholders rejected a plan to buy Canada&#39;s Iamgold Corp. for about $2.9 billion, fulfilling a condition of Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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HOUSTON/NEW YORK  - Proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis and Co on Tuesday recommended TXU Corp.  shareholders vote in favor of a $32 billion buyout of the Texas power company.
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Mining firm Rio Tinto rejects a $147bn hostile takeover offer from rival BHP Billiton.
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An institutional investor in MedImmune has sent a third letter to the firm's board pushing for a sale of the company, saying that negative Wall Street reaction to recent quarterly earnings "must be viewed as a total rejection of the management's strategy."
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Lear Corp. shareholders rejected a $2.9 billion buyout offer yesterday from a firm led by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, a victory for opponents who said the proposal undervalued the company.
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Citing the standard âmarket conditions,â the company now says that such a move wouldnât be in the interest of stockholders.
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Swedish truckmaker Scania has recommended that its shareholders reject German industrial group MAN's hostile bid for the company.
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Ventana Medical Systems said that its board had rejected an unsolicited $3 billion cash tender offer from the Swiss drug maker Roche Holding.
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Australia's second-biggest retailer,  Coles Myer Ltd., on Wednesday rejected a A$17.3 billion ($13.3  billion) buyout bid by a private equity consortium, saying it  substantially undervalued the company.
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The London Stock Exchange urged shareholders to reject Nasdaqâs âwholly inadequateâ $5.3 billion hostile takeover offer.