Panel on Takeovers and Mergers

The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the Takeover Panel or PTM) is a regulatory body located in London, England. It was set up in 1968 and is charged with the administration of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. Its role is to ensure that all shareholders are treated equally during takeover bids. Its main functions are to issue and administer the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code") and to supervise and regulate takeovers and other matters to which the Code applies. Its central objective is to ensure fair treatment for all shareholders in takeover bids.

Panel on Takeovers and Mergers
Agency overview
Formed1968
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersLondon, EC4
Employees26
Agency executive
  • Robert AJ Gillespie, Evercore Partners – Director General
Websitewww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

Powers

The Panel is a statutory body under Chapter 1 of Part 28 (sections 942 to 965) of the Companies Act 2006 as amended by The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Schedule 2)(No 2) Order 2009. It has established a reputation for giving informed advice in an expert area of regulatory activity. It is the de facto arbiter of takeover bids and has the support of government and other organisations with statutory involvement.

The European Takeovers Directive mandates that the Panel is put on a statutory footing. This was completed in the Companies Act 2006.[1]

Whenever a transaction is made on the LSE or other London-based exchange that is greater than £10,000, the details of the transaction are passed on to the panel for their evaluation, and a levy is charged of (currently) £1.00 on the transaction, which goes to the panel as payment (known as the "PTM levy").[2]

It was decided in R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers, ex p Datafin plc that decisions of this panel are subject to judicial review, even though it was at that time (i.e., in 1986) only a private body. This was due to its "enormous power" and "giant's strength".[3] As The Panel is now a statutory footing, its decisions can now be reviewed even without referring to this case.

International equivalents
International equivalents to the Takeover Panel
Nation Panel
 AustraliaAustralian Takeovers Panel
 IrelandIrish Takeover Panel[4]
 New ZealandTakeovers Panel[5]
 SwedenSwedish Securities Council (Swedish: Aktiemarknadsnämnden)[6]

References
  1. European Takeovers Directive
  2. PTM Levy - London Stock Exchange
  3. R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers, ex parte Datafin plc, [1986] AppLR 12/05 (CA 5 December 1986).
  4. Irish Takeover Panel
  5. New Zealand Takeovers Panel
  6. "About the Swedish Securities Council". aktiemarknadsnamnden.se. Retrieved 17 August 2017.


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