TWO-MONTH FIGHT
March 20 US giant PPG makes £18.9bn bid for Dulux owner Akzo Nobel
March 22 PPG makes second offer of £19.5bn
March 23 US hedge fund Elliott – which owns Akzo shares – wades in and demands takeover talks
March 28 Akzo chairman Antony Burgmans fights off attempt to kick him out
April 24 A third offer from PPG, this time of £22bn
May 22 Elliott takes Akzo to court to get Burgmans fired from board