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Daily Brief ESG: Higher Foreign Shareholdings and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Higher Foreign Shareholdings, Which Led to Fewer Takeover Defense, Push Companies To Further Reforms


Higher Foreign Shareholdings, Which Led to Fewer Takeover Defense, Push Companies To Further Reforms

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Takeover defenses peaked in 2008 and have been gradually declining. The direct cause of the difficulty in maintaining advance warning-type takeover defenses is the increase in the foreign shareholding ratio.
  • Even companies that don’t have preemptive anti-takeover may take countermeasures when the risk of takeover increases, but with the publication of “Guidelines on Takeover Defense Measures,” transparent practices are expected.
  • Not only parent-subsidiary listings, but companies that cannot transform management to generate more cash from holding cash on hand and assets will be unable to continue in their current situation.

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