Beacon Adopts Poison Pill

Beacon seeks to fend off QXO's hostile takeover with poison pill
Beacon Roofing Supply on Tuesday adopted a poison pill defense to prevent a $11 billion hostile takeover by billionaire entrepreneur Brad Jacobs through his company QXO. The defense strategy creates a roadblock for Jacobs' attempt to become a big player in building products distribution through QXO,
Beacon Adopts Poison Pill to Defend Against Hostile QXO Bid
Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. has adopted a poison pill defense as the building products company pushes back against a hostile takeover approach from QXO Inc.
Beacon Roofing CEO describes dealings with QXO as takeover bid heats up
Beacon Roofing CEO Julian Francis described communications with a building products distributor looking to acquire his company.
QXO’s Hostile Bid for Beacon Roofing Fuels M&A Optimism
M&A specialists are eyeing a robust list of U.S. takeover candidates, with a buoyant economy, strong buyer appetite and a potentially looser regulatory regime seen driving more deals.
QXO Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Beacon Roofing Supply
QXO Inc. has launched a hostile takeover bid for Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. after the board of the building products company rejected its offer as too low.
Building-Products Distributor QXO Launches Hostile Bid for Beacon
Building-products distributor QXO is taking its all-cash offer to acquire Beacon Roofing Supply directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. QXO publicly launched a tender offer to acquire Beacon early Monday, confirming an earlier report by The Wall Street Journal.
QXO comments on Beacon’s adoption of shareholder rights plan
QXO (QXO) commented on Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN) adoption of a shareholder rights plan, which takes immediate effect and is aimed at
QXO commences $11B tender offer to buy Beacon Roofing Supply
QXO (NYSE:QXO) has commenced an $11B all-cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) for $124.25 a share. This price implies a 37% premium above Beacon’s 90-day unaffected volume-weighted average price of $91.
Beacon Roofing Seeks Potential Rivals to QXO Takeover Bid
Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. has started soliciting interest from potential buyers as it looks to fend off an $11 billion takeover bid from rival QXO Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
Beacon Implements Stockholder Rights Plan Following QXO's Takeover Offer
Tuesday announced the adoption of a limited duration stockholder rights agreement following QXO, Inc.'s (QXO) tender offer to acquire the company for $124.25 per share in cash. The agreement intends to protect shareholders of Beacon from anyone seeking to gain control of the company without paying all stockholders an appropriate control premium.
QXO goes hostile in $11 billion takeover offer to Beacon Roofing
By Sabrina Valle and Anshuman Tripathy (Reuters) -Billionaire Brad Jacobs on Monday took his QXO $11 billion takeover offer for Beacon Roofing to shareholders, after North America's largest publicly traded distributor of roofing materials repeatedly rebuffed his offer.
QXO Initiates $11 Billion Cash Offer to Acquire Beacon Roofing Supply
From Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citi, Credit Agricole, Wells Fargo, and Mizuho, among other big financial institutions, ...
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Beacon Adopts Shareholder Rights Deal to Hold Off QXO
As expected, QXO responded immediately following Beacon’s rights agreement announcement, calling the move “shareholder ...
QXO touts AI advantage in bid to win over Beacon Roofing shareholders
QXO’s $11 billion pitch to buy Beacon Roofing touts the company’s AI experience as well as the overall housing shortage in ...