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Lady Macbeth strategy
Lady Macbeth strategy n (Commerce) informal a strategy in a takeover battle in which a third party makes a bid acceptable to the target company, appearing to act as a white knight but subsequently joining forces with the original (unwelcome) bidder [C20: after Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth (1605)]Lady Macbeth Strategy
Lady Macbeth StrategyStrategy in which a third party poses as a white knight in a takeover bid, and then joins forces with an unfriendly bidder.Lady Macbeth StrategyIn a hostile takeover, a strategy in which a company poses as an ally of the takeover target, but ultimately joins the bidders. The erstwhile ally may use a Lady Macbeth strategy in order to gain information about the takeover target. |