https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/xerox_hostile_takeover_hp/

Xerox has vowed, again, to launch a hostile takeover of HP Inc by sidestepping the board and going directly to shareholders.

The will-they-won’t-they-saga started in the first week of this month when Xerox confirmed it wanted to wed HP at the altar of acquisitions for $33.5bn, a move that received the seal of approval from corporate raider and stockholder in both companies, Carl Icahn.