Voorbeelden van white knight

• The first type, the white knight, refers to the friendly acquirer of a target firm in a hostile takeover attempt by another firm.

• Any company which is the subject of a bid from a less efficient company can counter-bid or look to a white knight to do so.

• It could do its corporate image a great deal of good if it were to ride in like a white knight and save the site.

• I begin by congratulating the white knight who introduced it with an elegant speech and who spoke passionately for us all.

• He sees himself as some kind of white knight.

• I would be very grateful if some white knight would appear on the horizon and donate £8,000 to my political association with no strings attached.

• The alleged "white knight" who took over the company and then asset-stripped it left the pension fund £5 million short.

• The legislation gives small radio stations no chance to seek and accept a white knight—an acceptable controller—as opposed to one of those in the radio field.

• He will be the consumers' white knight.

• Note that only the squares c4 and e5 will do for the white knight; if, for example 4.

• Similarly, if the white knight takes a more direct route to the b3 square with 8.

• However, the company may be allowed to maintain it for long enough to run an auction to see if a white knight can be found.

• Shortly after, the white knight emerges on his valiant black war horse unscathed, unharmed, and victorious.

• Thaw was to be the white knight whose noble, courageous act had avenged his wifes ruin.

• There has been much talk of white knights galloping to the rescue.