Acquisition (other)
Acquisition may refer to: * Takeover, the purchase of one company by another * Mergers and acquisitions, transactions in which the ownership of companies or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities * Procurement, finding, agreeing terms and acquiring goods, services or works from an external source * Library acquisitions, department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of materials * Military acquisition, the process of acquiring products for national defense * Acquiring bank, a bank or financial institution that processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant * Acquisition (contract law), process by which the Federal Government of the U.S. acquires goods, services, and interests in real property * Acquisition (forensic process), the creation of a disk image for use in digital forensics * Acquisition (linguistic), process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language * Acquisition (psy ...
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Takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company (the ''target'') by another (the ''acquirer'' or ''bidder''). In the UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company. Management of the target company may or may not agree with a proposed takeover, and this has resulted in the following takeover classifications: friendly, hostile, reverse or back-flip. Financing a takeover often involves loans or bond issues which may include junk bonds as well as a simple cash offers. It can also include shares in the new company. Types Friendly A ''friendly takeover'' is an acquisition which is approved by the management of the target company. Before a bidder makes an offer for another company, it usually first informs the