Poison pills

Poison pills

A new class of securities issued as a dividend by a company to its shareholders, giving shareholders rights to acquire more shares at a discount.

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Industry/Domain: Banking; Business services
Category: Mergers & acquisitions
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poison pill

Language; Idioms

A poison pill is a strategy designed to prevent a company from being take over.

poison pill

Banking; Investment banking

Poison pills are any type of defensive maneouvre which a company might try in order to protect itself against unwanted takeover bids, e.g. stock issues, special distributions, ...

poison pill

Financial services; Private equity

The most famous anti-takeover device. It normally takes the form of granting existing stockholders (other than stockholders who acquire more than a certain percentage of the ...

Poison pill

Financial services; General Finance

Anti-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 ...