Poison pill
A poison pill is an attempt to discourage an acquisition by making it more expensive to acquire a company, or by reducing the value of the acquired business.
poison pill
strategic move by a takeover-target company to make its stock less attractive to an acquirer.
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Series of possible strategies designed to fend off a hostile takeover.
DEAD-HAND POISON PILL - An antitakeover device designed to prevent the acquisition of a company even if...
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Poison pill
Anit-takeover device that gives a prospective acquiree's shareholders the right to buy shares of the
firm or shares of anyone who acquires the firm at a deep discount to their fair market value. Named after the ...
Poison Pill. A corporate provision to combat a hostile takeover. When triggered, the poison pill allows shareholders to acquire additional shares at below market price, ...
Poison pill - A corporate provision to combat hostile takeovers.
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Poison Pill An anti-takeover plan devised to automatically be activated when the company gets bought over in an unfriendly takeover. A Golden Parachute is one such device.
Poison pills are a very popular antitakeover device. Most big companies have them, but, at least to some extent, courts police their abuse by target-company boards of directors.
Poison Pill (business term)
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A corporate provision to combat hostile takeovers.
A form of poison pill providing that in the event of a hostile takeover attempt, any excess pension plan assets can be used to benefit pension plan participants. This prevents the raiding firm from using the pension assets to finance the takeover.
elimination of poison pills, golden parachutes and other anti-takeover devices.
Following the corporate scandals of 2001-2002, some of the reforms promoted by the corporate governance movement were adopted in legislation or in stock exchange rules.
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Pension parachute A form of poison pill providing that in the event of a hostile takeover attempt, any excess pension plan assets can be used to benefit pension plan participants.
people pill A type of poison pill action in which most or all of the current management... per Signifying, for each. per capita Statistically accepted as average per person. Per Capita is used to quantify...
Examples are golden parachutes, poison pills, safe harbor, and scorched-earth policy. Porcupine provision. Amendment to company charter intended to protect it against takeover. Shark watcher Often used in risk arbitrage.
(In real estate a point is a fee of 1% of the loan paid by the borrower to the lender.) poison pill A tactic by a company targeted for takeover to make its stock less appealing to the acquiring company in the hope of blocking the takeover.
Rights Agreement (aka "Poison Pill")
An anti-takeover arrangement often established by a company in anticipation of a hostile takeover attempt.
A stipulation on a defense mechanism (or poison pill) used by companies in order to protect against a merger or takeover by another company.
Dead Hand Provision - A stipulation on a defense mechanism (or poison pill) used by companies in order to protect against a merger or takeover by another company.
A stipulation on a defense mechanism or poison pill used by companies in order to protect against a merger or takeover by another company.
Often used in risk arbitrage. Examples are golden parachutes, poison pills, safe harbor, and scorched-earth policy. Porcupine provision. Amendment to company charter intended to protect it against takeover.
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The most famous of these is the poison pill, a method by which the corporation destroys itself if it is taken over.
Shark repellant
Often used in risk arbitrage. Examples are golden parachutes, poison pills, safe harbor, and scorched-earth policy. Porcupine provision. Amendment to company charter intended to protect it against takeover.
Poison Pill
A tactic employed by a target company to make a hostile takeover less attractive by, for example, giving bond holders certain rights to rede...(Read more)
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While it can be used to enable a company to meet changing financial needs, its most important use is to implement poison pills or to prevent takeovers by placement of this stock with friendly investors. ...
A corporate action where an acquiring company makes a bid for the outstanding shares of a target company. A 'hostile' takeover is one that is strongly resisted by the target firm, and may involve defensive maneuvers such as a 'poison pill' which make ...
3. A board should obtain shareholder approval for any actions that could significantly affect the relationship between the board and shareholders, including the adoption of anti-takeover measures such as "poison pills." ...
With their golden handcuffs thus removed, many key executives will want to quit the firm, leaving the new owners without the experienced talent they need to run the company. This unlocking of golden handcuffs serves as a poison pill to discourage ...
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