Hostile TakeOver

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
HTO
Pronunciation
/ˈhɑstəl ˈteɪˌkoʊvər/
Category
Business
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. Family control would prevent any hostile takeover or greenmail attempt.
  2. Resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover.
  3. He has attempted a hostile takeover of two companies.
  4. Last year it launched an unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful hostile takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper, a smaller rival.
  5. An attempt to prevent a hostile takeover in which a targeted company bids to take over the hostile firm.

Other meanings of HTO