A two-tier tender offer is an offer to purchase a sufficient number of stockholders' shares so as to gain effective control of a firm at a certain price per share, followed by a lower offer at a later date for the remaining shares. For example, an investor may offer $50 per share for up to 51% of a firm's outstanding stock and then, having gained control, offer $40 for each of the remaining shares.
Two-tier tender offers have been regarded as controversial practices. In the United States, they have at times attracted the attention of members of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
References
- Grundfest, Joseph A. (May 27, 1987). Two-Tier Tender Offers: A Mythectomy (PDF) (Speech). National Association of Manufacturers' Congress of American Industry, Government Regulation and Competition. Washington, D.C. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
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