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In the United States, a presidential transition is the process during which the president-elect of the United States prepares to take over the administration of the federal government of the United States from the incumbent president.
President-elect Ronald Reagan is sworn in as president of the United States in a symbolic peaceful transfer of power in 1981.. In scholarship examining democratization and emerging democracies, study of the successful transitions of power is used to understand the transition to constitutional democracy and the relative stability of that government (democratic consolidation).
In Australia, the relevant provisions for effecting a scheme of arrangement or reconstruction are located in Part 5.1 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Section 411(1) states that where a company and its creditors or shareholders propose a compromise or arrangement, the court can order a meeting or the creditors or shareholders.
TOFD – time of first data sample (on seismic trace [citation needed]) TOFS – time of first surface sample (on seismic trace) TOH – trip out of hole; TOOH – trip out of hole; TOL – top of liner; TOL _ Top of Lead Cement; TOP - Top of Pipe; TORAN – torque and drag analysis; TOT – Top of Tail Cement
Failure in handover is a major source in preventable patient harm. Clinical handover is an international concern and Australia, the United Kingdom and other countries have developed risk reduction recommendations. [1] It is important to define and agree on the minimum information content for clinical handovers relevant to a service or discipline.
In a friendly takeover, the management doesn't usually change, and the takeover works to the benefit of the target company. In a hostile takeover there may be an attractive public offer for the shares, or unsolicited merger proposals for the management, accumulation of controlling shares through buying in the open market, or proxy fights.
"Acquisition" usually refers to a purchase of a smaller firm by a larger one. Sometimes, however, a smaller firm will acquire management control of a larger and/or longer-established company and retain the name of the latter for the post-acquisition combined entity. This is known as a reverse takeover.
The Takeover Code, or more formally The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, [1] is a binding set of rules that apply to listed companies in the United Kingdom, such as those trading on the London Stock Exchange. Many of its provisions are mirrored in the EU Takeover Directive. [2]