Beacon seeks to fend off QXO's hostile takeover with poison pill
Beacon Roofing Supply on Tuesday adopted a poison pill defense to prevent a $11 billion hostile takeover by billionaire entrepreneur Brad Jacobs through his company QXO. The defense strategy creates a roadblock for Jacobs' attempt to become a big player in building products distribution through QXO,
QXO Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Beacon Roofing Supply
QXO Inc. has launched a hostile takeover bid for Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. after the board of the building products company rejected its offer as too low.
QXO’s Hostile Bid for Beacon Roofing Fuels M&A Optimism
M&A specialists are eyeing a robust list of U.S. takeover candidates, with a buoyant economy, strong buyer appetite and a potentially looser regulatory regime seen driving more deals.
QXO goes hostile in $11 billion takeover offer to Beacon Roofing
By Sabrina Valle and Anshuman Tripathy (Reuters) -Billionaire Brad Jacobs on Monday took his QXO $11 billion takeover offer for Beacon Roofing to shareholders, after North America's largest publicly traded distributor of roofing materials repeatedly rebuffed his offer.
Beacon Roofing Seeks Potential Rivals to QXO Takeover Bid
Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. has started soliciting interest from potential buyers as it looks to fend off an $11 billion takeover bid from rival QXO Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
QXO Commences $11B Takeover Bid for Beacon
Meanwhile, QXO maintains that its offer of $124.25 per share is 17% higher than the Beacon stock has ever traded; represents a 37% premium over the 90-day unaffected stock price; and represents a 26% premium to the stock the day before the Wall Street Journal’s Nov. 18 report that QXO was pursuing a deal.
Beacon Implements Stockholder Rights Plan Following QXO's Takeover Offer
Tuesday announced the adoption of a limited duration stockholder rights agreement following QXO, Inc.'s (QXO) tender offer to acquire the company for $124.25 per share in cash. The agreement intends to protect shareholders of Beacon from anyone seeking to gain control of the company without paying all stockholders an appropriate control premium.
Beacon Roofing adopts poison pill after QXO's hostile takeover bid
Beacon Roofing Supply said on Tuesday it has adopted a limited duration stockholder rights agreement, commonly known as a poison pill, following a hostile takeover bid by QXO. Beacon is issuing one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of its common stock to stockholders,
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Beacon Adopts Shareholder Rights Deal to Hold Off QXO
As expected, QXO responded immediately following Beacon’s rights agreement announcement, calling the move “shareholder ...
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Beacon Roofing CEO describes dealings with QXO as takeover bid heats up
Beacon Roofing has rebuffed a few takeover offers from QXO, and on Monday the latter announced it gave an offer directly to shareholders for $124.25 in cash. "I'm not going to speculate on what ...