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Prof. David Yermack's research on creeping acquisitions of stock is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Australian -- "The study, by the University of Western Australia’s Raymond da Silva Rosa and Michael Kingsbury and New York University’s David Yermack, found that creep provisions were seldom used to take one shareholder’s interest beyond the 50 per cent mark that delivers majority control. Instead, most creeping acquisitions lifted the shareholder’s stake to between 20 per cent and 30 per cent."

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