Firms facing hostile takeovers often take actions to forestall the acquisition.

For instance, a firm could borrow on terms that required immediate repayment if the firm is acquired or it could sell off undervalued assets to make itself a less desirable target. Such tactics are referred to as?

Paul works for an investment bank in the corporate finance division. Along with the typical functions in his job rolesuch as finding a potential target company for a client which would add synergistic value to the client, finding a potential acquirer for a client, developing defensive tactics, establishing a fair value and financing operationsPaul also works with his team in conducting arbitrage operations.

Based on your understanding of arbitrage operations complete the following sentence:

In recent trade, Paul was assigned to buy 10% of a clients shares from the open market at $45.50 per share and sell the shares at a price of $46.20 to a private investor, pocketing a return for his firm. Paul was involved in?