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Description of A Practitioner's Guide to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers 2009/2010

"The Takeover Code is principally designed to ensure high business standards and fairness to shareholders. In the 40 years of its existence, the Takeover Panel has established a reputation for operating flexibly and rapidly as new situations have arisen and market practice has developed.

A number of Code amendments were made in 2008. Most importantly, in recognition of the increased use of electronic communications, the Code has been changed to allow offerors and offeree companies significantly greater freedom to use electronic forms of communication to send information about offers to offeree company shareholders. In addition, copies of certain Code documents and other information will be required to be published on a website.

Since its first publication in 1988, A Practitioner's Guide to The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers has become a valuable resource for all those working in this area. The publication of a new edition each year will continue to help readers keep up to date with the latest regulatory developments. We welcome this 21st Edition."
- Robert Hingley, Director General, The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers

Title Information

ISBN:

9781905121410

Pages:

602 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

352932

Publisher:

Sweet & Maxwell

Published:

27/05/2009

Edition:

21st Revised edition

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Contents of A Practitioner's Guide to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers 2009/2010

1: The Takeover Panel
Robert Hingley, Director General, The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers

2: The Approach, Announcements and Independent Advice
Stephen Hewes, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

3: Share Dealings - Restrictions and Disclosure Requirements
Andy Ryde and Roland Turnill, Partners, Slaughter and May

4: Mandatory and Voluntary Offers and their Terms
Christopher Pearson and Nick Adams, Partners, Norton Rose LLP

5: Provisions Applicable to all Offers, Partial Offers and Redemption or Purchase by a Company of its own Securities
Mark Gearing, Partner, Allen & Overy LLP

6: Documents from the Offeror and Offeree
Carlton Evans, Partner, Linklaters LLP

7: Conduct During the Offer; Timing and Revision; and Restrictions Following Offers
David Pudge, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP

8: Profit Forecasts and Asset Valuations
Ursula Newton, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

9: Application of the Market Abuse Regime to Takeovers
Vanessa Knapp, Principal Consultant and Andrew Marsh, Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP