1 Table of Contents: “... takeovers -- Antitakeover Measures -- Takeover Tactics -- Going private Transactions and Leveraged Buyouts...”

2 Table of Contents: “... Tactics -- Hedge Funds as Activist Investors -- Part III: Going-Private Transactions and Leveraged Buyouts...”

3 Table of Contents: “... Introduction -- Recent M & A Trends -- Terminology -- Valuing a Transaction -- Types of Mergers -- Merger...”

4 Table of Contents: “... and Terminology; Hostile Takeovers; Takeover Defense; Leveraged Transactions; Restructurings; Trends in Mergers...”