1.   He prevented a hostile takeover of the company.

2.   Round one to Morlands ... brewery fight off hostile takeover.

3.   The only way they can protect themselves against hostile takeovers is to get the stock price up.

4.   Shareholders can protect themselves from hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts by not agreeing to sell their shareholdings at a discount.

5.   Round one to Morlands... brewery fight off hostile takeover.

6.   On the other hand sentiment is changing the way in which hostile takeovers are regarded.

7.   Although hostile takeovers have been rare in Germany, where large banks through direct stakes control the policy making boards of many large traded companies, times are changing.

8.   Among them are a poison pill, which makes a traditional hostile takeover prohibitively expensive, and a staggered board, which prolongs proxy fights.