Goldsmith may join forces with Wall St financier Carl Icahn who is planning to bid for US oil company Phillips Petroleum
Goldsmith confident
Goldsmith predicts poison pill decision will be reversed
Hostile Takeovers
Article in The Financier magazine March 1985
Whimsy From Moscow Oleg Bitov
Extract from the translation of an article by Oleg Bitov in the Moscow Literary Gazette
Goldsmith back with bid vehicle
Goldsmith partners with Jacob Rothschild to create jointly-owned acquisitions vehicle targeting UK companies
The Legacy of Dr Volcker
Speech given at the Drexel Burnham annual conference for Institutional investors
Crown digs in against Sir Jimmy
Goldsmith makes intentions clear about Crown Zellerbach
Crown rejects Goldsmith bid
Crown Zellerbach rejects Goldsmith offer and announces moves to strengthen itself against takeover
Crown Zellerbach’s chief viewed as a formidable foe
Reaction by chairman of Zellerbach to Goldsmith’s offer and analysis
Goldsmith goes ahead with Crown Zellerbach offer
Goldsmith goes ahead with offer to Zellerbach, testing poison pill defence
Goldsmith in 1.1bn bid for US forest products group
Goldsmith launches 1.1bn bid for Crown Zellerbach
Crown Zellerbach attacks bid move
Zellerback responds to Goldsmith’s bid
Goldsmith offers $1 billion to buy Crown Zellerbach
Goldsmith offers $1 billion to buy Crown Zellerbach if it redeems a rights offering it made as anti-takeover measure
Crown Zellerbach, Goldsmith file law suits
Zellerbach files suit against Goldsmith seeking injunction to halt bid, Goldsmith files suit to block anti-takeover measures
Goldsmith abandons bid
Goldsmith ends bid for Zellerbach, but reserves right to reopen the bid
Goldsmith drops 1.2bn bid for Crown Zellerbach
Goldsmith ends bid for Zellerbach, but reserves right to reopen the bid and seeks representation on board, Crown announces major restructure
Goldsmith gives Crown a breather
Goldsmith ends bid for Zellerbach, but reserves right to reopen the bid and seeks representation on board, Crown announces major restructure
Goldsmith increases stake in Crown Zellerbach by 4.5 percent
Goldsmith purchases more than 1.2 million Crown Zellerbach shares, raising holding to nearly 25 per cent, and questions restructuring plan
“Goldsmith increases stake in Crown Zellerbach by 4.5 percent”
Goldsmith increases stake in Crown Zellerbach to 19.6 percent
General Oriental raises stake in Zellerbach
“Goldsmith increases stake in Crown Zellerbach to 19.6 percent”
Crown Zellerbach holders support board, Creson says
Zellerbach’s chairman claims shareholders support current board, Goldsmith contends holders voted to give his partnership minority representation on board