1.   Recommended offer A takeover offer which is recommended by the board of the target company.

2.   Types of takeover offer General offer A general offer is an offer for the entire issued equity share capital of a company.

3.   Kalon Group has sweetened its takeover offer for Manders.

4.   The miners at Monktonhall Colliery in Midlothian are being told their future depends solely on accepting a takeover offer from an English mining company.

5.   A takeover offer made in competition with one or more other offers.

6.   It may be used to acquire control of a target company as an alternative to a takeover offer.

7.   A particular form of consideration under a takeover offer consisting of fixed pools of each type of consideration.