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The Proxy War: Defending a Listed Company in a Hostile Takeover

For chairs, independent directors and executives of listed African companies. Learn to answer an unsolicited bid with independence, value, disclosure discipline and shareholder engagement, avoid entrenchment, then prove it in a live simulation.

  • Price₦256,000
  • DurationAbout 240 minutes
  • Access365 days
  • LevelBoardroom
  • You get9 lessons and a boardroom simulation
  • CertificateYes, anyone can verify it

Who it is for

Chairs, senior independent directors, company secretaries, chief executives and finance chiefs of listed or widely held African companies that could face an unsolicited takeover approach.

What you will learn

  • Take the first forty-eight hours in order, record conflicts and form an independent committee
  • Meet the board's duties: independent advice, honest minutes and fair treatment of all shareholders
  • Build the value case: a valuation range, the quality of the offer and a credible standalone plan
  • Control disclosure, insiders, trading and leaks, and make only claims you can prove
  • Map the shareholder register, engage large holders and proxy advisers, and speak with one voice
  • Explain the offer plainly to retail holders and employees without scare tactics or misinformation
  • Test every defence for legality and shareholder interest, avoid entrenchment, and plan each outcome

Course outline

  1. Anatomy of a hostile approach
  2. The board’s duties and independence
  3. Value and the standalone case
  4. Disclosure and information discipline
  5. The shareholder map and engagement
  6. Retail shareholders and the public narrative
  7. Regulators, lenders and change-of-control
  8. Defences, and their limits
  9. Outcomes and the day after
  10. Boardroom simulation

What is included

  • 9 lessons On a live whiteboard, with an AI instructor who answers from the lesson and cites its source. Questions can go to faculty.
  • A virtual boardroom simulation Face AI board members in a fictional crisis. Scored against a clear rubric (pass mark 75), checked by a person when it is close, with an appeal.
  • A verifiable certificate A certificate of completion with a QR code, with a public page where anyone can check it is genuine. It is not a regulated or accredited qualification.

Level: Boardroom · About 240 minutes · Access for 365 days