tender offer

American  

noun

1. a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.

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Etymology

Origin of tender offer

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Beretta on Wednesday accused Ruger’s board of acting defensively and said shareholders should be allowed to determine whether to accept the tender offer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Paramount, which had initially bid $108 billion for the entire company, continued to circle, launching a hostile tender offer aimed directly at shareholders and continually sweetening the terms of its bid.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

The company’s North Haven Private Income Fund, which has $7.6 billion in total investments, received investor requests to buy back around 10.9% of outstanding shares in its quarterly tender offer.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Toyota Fudosan, the group’s real-estate arm, said Monday that it planned to increase its tender offer price for Toyota Industries to 20,600 yen a share, equivalent to $132, from its previous offer of ¥18,800.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

It’s a great outcome for Paramount, which only had to raise its hostile tender offer by $1 a share to avoid a prolonged bidding war.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026