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- White_knight_(business) abstract "In business, a white knight is a friendly investor that acquires a corporation at a fair consideration with the support from the corporation's board of directors and management. This may be during a period while it is facing a hostile acquisition from another potential acquirer (black knight) or it is facing bankruptcy. White knights are preferred by the board of directors (when directors are acting in good faith with regards to the interest of the corporation and its shareholders) and/or management as in most cases as they do not replace the current board or management with a new board, whereas, in most cases, a black knight will seek to replace the current board of directors and/or management with its new board reflective of its net interest in the corporation's equity.The first type, the white knight, refers to the friendly acquirer of a target firm in a hostile takeover attempt by another firm. The intent of the acquisition is to circumvent the takeover of the object of interest by a third, unfriendly entity, which is perceived to be less favorable. The knight might defeat the undesirable entity by offering a higher and more enticing bid, or strike a favorable deal with the management of the object of acquisition.The second type refers to the acquirer of a struggling firm that may not necessarily be under threat by a hostile firm. The financial standing of the struggling firm could prevent any other entity being interested in an acquisition. The firm may already have huge debts to pay to its creditors, or worse, may already be bankrupt. In such a case, the knight, under huge risk, acquires the firm in crisis. After acquisition, the knight then rebuilds, or integrates the firm.A number of variations of the term have been used and these include: a grey knight which is an acquiring corporation or individual that enters a bid for a hostile takeover in addition to the target firm and first bidder, perceived as more favorable than the black knight (unfriendly bidder), but less favorable than the white knight (friendly bidder). Also, a white squire, which is similar to a white knight except it only exercises a significant minority stake, as opposed to a majority stake. A white squire doesn't have the intention, but rather serves as a figurehead in defense of a hostile takeover. The white squire may often also get special voting rights for their equity stake.".
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- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLink AlliedSignal.
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- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLink National_City_Corp..
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- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLink Saul_Steinberg_(businessman).
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- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLink T._Boone_Pickens.
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- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLink The_Walt_Disney_Company.
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLink Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program.
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLink Wolters_Kluwer.
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- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText ""white knight" defenses".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText ""white knight"".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gray Knight".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "White Knight".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "White knight (business)".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "White knight (business)#White squire".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "White knight".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "White squire".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "friendly merger".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "friendly takeover".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "white knight".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "white knights".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "white-knight act".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "white-knight".
- White_knight_(business) wikiPageWikiLinkText "“white knight”".
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- White_knight_(business) subject Category:Mergers_and_acquisitions.
- White_knight_(business) hypernym Investor.
- White_knight_(business) type Person.
- White_knight_(business) comment "In business, a white knight is a friendly investor that acquires a corporation at a fair consideration with the support from the corporation's board of directors and management. This may be during a period while it is facing a hostile acquisition from another potential acquirer (black knight) or it is facing bankruptcy.".
- White_knight_(business) label "White knight (business)".
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- White_knight_(business) sameAs Weißer_Ritter_(Wirtschaft).
- White_knight_(business) sameAs Caballero_blanco_(finanzas).
- White_knight_(business) sameAs White_knight.
- White_knight_(business) sameAs Chevalier_blanc_(droit_financier).
- White_knight_(business) sameAs Cavaliere_bianco_(finanza).
- White_knight_(business) sameAs Hvit_ridder.
- White_knight_(business) sameAs Biały_rycerz.