Senpoint Partners · Services
M&A and Special Situations
Shareholder strategy for the most important moments.
When your company agrees to be acquired, a signed agreement is only the start of the shareholder process. We work with the target company, its board and its advisors before announcement and through the vote, mapping ownership, assessing support and preparing for opposition that may emerge along the way.
Know who can influence the outcome.
Your shareholder base and the debate around a deal can change quickly after announcement. New investors may build positions, existing holders may press for a higher price and activists or other objectors may challenge the transaction. Some will be familiar; others may appear with little warning. We help you understand who is involved, what they want and how their actions could affect the vote.
Early involvement gives your board and deal team time to test assumptions, prepare shareholder outreach and respond with a coordinated plan as the situation develops.
Scope of work
How we help
We support our clients from early transaction planning through the shareholder meeting, adjusting as ownership, sentiment and the deal process change.
Before announcement
Assess the shareholder base, likely points of resistance and engagement priorities while your deal team prepares for announcement.
Ownership and accumulation
Monitor new positions, changes in existing holdings and concentrations that could alter the voting picture.
Unexpected opposition
Assess investors or other objectors as they emerge, the positions they are taking and their potential influence on shareholder support.
Shareholder engagement
Coordinate institutional and retail outreach around the deal rationale, investor concerns and the voting process.
Contested transactions
Support the target company’s response to demands for improved terms, competing proposals or campaigns against the transaction, alongside counsel and your team of advisors.
Solicitation and vote monitoring
Track participation and support, update vote projections and direct follow-up through the close of the polls.
Our approach
From deal announcement to the shareholder vote.
Assess before announcement
Understand ownership, likely support, potential opposition and the transaction timeline before the announcement of the deal.
Plan the shareholder response
Coordinate engagement priorities, communications and solicitation with your board, counsel and financial advisors.
Adapt as investors emerge
Monitor new holders, changing positions and voting activity so your team can respond as the shareholder picture evolves.
We work directly with the target company's board, management, counsel and financial advisors, bringing shareholder intelligence into transaction planning and execution.
Do you have an M&A vote upcoming?
Bring us in early to assess the shareholder landscape, plan engagement and prepare for the unexpected.