Unsolicited Bid

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Definition of 'Unsolicited Bid'

An offer made by an individual, company or group of investors to purchase a company that was not actively seeking a buyer. The bid is a result of the unsolicited bid submitter's initiative and not due to any request made by the bid-upon company. Unsolicited bids may also sometimes be referred to as hostile bids if the company being bid for doesn't want to be acquired.
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Investopedia explains 'Unsolicited Bid'

An unsolicited bid to purchase a company that was not intending to sell may be followed by other unsolicited bids as the news travels. These other bids may up the purchase price and start a bidding war or takeover fight. Unsolicited bidding can occur when a company wants to purchase another company in order to control its market share, profit from its expected growth, have access to proprietary technology or limit competitors from taking advantage of these situations.
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    ... takeover bid from Total. On April 13, Total increased its unsolicited bid
    from $612 million to $830 million. UTS Energy currently has ...

  • Valeant Offers A Princely Sum For Cephalon

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    ... Deal After what appears to be weeks of frustrated attempts to strike a friendly
    deal, Valeant went public with an unsolicited bid of $5.7 billion for Cephalon. ...

  • Potash And BHP Billiton - Is This The Start Of The Next Leg Up?

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Potash-And-BHP-Billiton---Is-This-The-Start-Of-The-Next-Leg-Up-POT-BHP-CF-MOS-AGU-VALE0819.aspx
    ... The ag sector has been roiling ever since Potash (NYSE: POT) went public to scorn
    an unsolicited bid from global resources giant BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP). ...

  • The Growing Fertilizer Bidding War

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/The-Growing-Fertilizer-Bidding-War-AGU-CF-TRA-TNH0316.aspx
    ... Stirs the Pot The following month, major Canadian fertilizer producer Agrium
    (NYSE:AGU) quickly upped the ante by launching its own unsolicited bid for CF. ...

  • International Paper Wraps Up Temple-Inland

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/International-Paper-Wraps-Up-Temple-Inland-IP-TIN-RKT-PKG-MWV-KS-KFT0912.aspx
    ... IP originally made its play for Temple-Inland back in early June, with an unsolicited
    bid of $30.60 - a 46% premium to TIN's price at the time. ...

  • Semiconductors On The Mend

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    ... The unsolicited bid was brought to Emulex shareholders last month. Common
    shares of Emulex are currently trading around $10.50. ...

  • The Viability Of Tracking Insiders

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/11/tracking-insiders.asp
    ... an offer was made. Sometimes, his purchases would come just days before an
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  • Corporate Takeover Defense: A Shareholder's Perspective

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    ... When InBev made an unsolicited bid for Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD) in 2008, the latter
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  • Top 4 Most Scandalous Insider Trading Debacles

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    ... Sometimes, Boesky would buy mere days before an unsolicited bid was made public -
    a feat of precognition rivaling the mental powers of spoon bender Uri Geller. ...

  • ConAgra And Ralcorp - If You Can't Beat Them

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/ConAgra-And-Ralcorp---If-You-Cant-Beat-Them-CAG-RAH-THS-K-HNZ-KFT-GIS0506.aspx
    ... With ConAgra publicly making a bid for Ralcorp (NYSE:RAH), it would seem ... with Ralcorp
    recently mentioning that it had declined an unsolicited proposal while ...

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