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hostile takeover

Poison Pill

HTMW Team Glossary, N - T June 13, 2013February 9, 2016Carl Icahn, corporate raider, flip-on, flip-over, hostile takeover, poison pill, shareholder rights, T. Boone Pickins

A “Poison Pill” creates a strong defense mechanism for a “targeted takeover company” allowing the company to properly identify legitimate and beneficial acquisitions and weed out the actions of corporate raiders. The “Poison Pill” is also useful in slowing down the speed of potential raids.

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