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white knight definition - finance
A company that comes to the defense of another company that is subject to an unwanted merger attempt. A white knight often will purchase the targeted company in order to prevent its merger with the would-be acquirer.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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