Beacon Roofing Supply said on Tuesday it has adopted a limited duration stockholder rights agreement, commonly known as a poison pill, following a hostile takeover bid by QXO. Beacon is issuing one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of its common stock to stockholders by way of a dividend,

Beacon Roofing Supply said on Tuesday it has adopted a limited duration stockholder rights agreement, commonly known as a poison pill, following a hostile takeover bid by QXO. Beacon is issuing one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of its common stock to stockholders,

QXO Inc. has launched a hostile takeover bid for Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. after the board of the building products company rejected its offer as too low.

As expected, QXO responded immediately following Beacon’s rights agreement announcement, calling the move “shareholder unfriendly” and a “poison pill” aimed at blocking QXO’s all-cash offer, which is set to expire at the end of Feb. 24..

By Sabrina Valle and Anshuman Tripathy (Reuters) -Billionaire Brad Jacobs on Monday took his QXO $11 billion takeover offer for Beacon Roofing to shareholders, after North America's largest publicly traded distributor of roofing materials repeatedly rebuffed his offer.

M&A specialists are eyeing a robust list of U.S. takeover candidates, with a buoyant economy, strong buyer appetite and a potentially looser regulatory regime seen driving more deals.

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. has started soliciting interest from potential buyers as it looks to fend off an $11 billion takeover bid from rival QXO Inc., people familiar with the matter said.

Meanwhile, QXO maintains that its offer of $124.25 per share is 17% higher than the Beacon stock has ever traded; represents a 37% premium over the 90-day unaffected stock price; and represents a 26% premium to the stock the day before the Wall Street Journal’s Nov. 18 report that QXO was pursuing a deal.