Collusion

``Collusion is an agreement between two or more persons, sometimes illegal and therefore secretive, to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading, or defrauding others of their legal rights, or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically by defrauding or gaining an unfair advantage. It is an agreement among firms to divide the market, set prices, or limit production. It can involve `wage fixing, kickbacks, or misrepresenting the independence of the relationship between the colluding parties`. In legal terms, all acts effected by collusion are considered void.``

Any brokers involved in this type of activity, in this transaction, should familiarize themselves with this term or similar legal terms that better fits the description.

Shareholders should make notes of brokers with suspicious market activities during this period. If a shareholder lawsuit is launched down the road, brokers with these suspicious activities may be pulled into the legal case (as part of a collusion type activity, to buy shares on the open market, then vote YES to the deal (or not vote the shares at all, but pull them off the market), then sell the shares back to offeror at a pre-determined price at a later date, as a side deal), especially if an insider of the brokerage company is willing to testify or if regulatory bodies find evidence of any type of suspicious activities upon investigations.