Hostile Take Over - Part III Why would someone do this?
Well, it's cheap and easy.
So, you offer let's 200 millions for all the outstanding shares. 2 times current market cap, all shareholders would have to fold.
You inject another 30 millions to finish the trial. Then you have a world class, plateform drug for peanuts. You could also licensing it out again.
There is virtually no defense here.
So, if the SP goes down, the higher likelyhood we get an hostile take-over. Until data is release or market properly price this stock, a hostile takeover makes a whole lot of sense for an acquiror.