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A shareholder rights plan, colloquially known as a "poison pill", is a type of defensive tactic used by a corporation's board of directors against a takeover.. In the field of mergers and acquisitions, shareholder rights plans were devised in the early 1980s to prevent takeover bids by limiting a shareholder's right to negotiate a price for the sale of shares directly.
Poison pill (NFL), a type of player contract provision for some free agents in the National Football League from 1996 to 2010 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Poison pill .
On March 20, 1998, Martin signed a six-year, $36-million poison pill contract. [18] [19] The "poison pill" was a clause in the contract that stated Martin would become an unrestricted free agent after one year if the Patriots matched the offer and it would have forced New England to pay a $3.3 million roster bonus that would have compromised ...
Following what it referred to as, "unusual and substantial activity in the Company's shares," Air Products & Chemicals has implemented a shareholder rights plan, whereby each Air Products ...
Shareholder rights plans, or “poison pills,” allow existing shareholders to acquire shares at a discounted rate to discourage a takeover by an outside entity. Southwest's plan is triggered ...
Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney announced what it's calling a "short-term stockholder rights" plan Thursday. The plan, which is of the sort commonly referred to as a "poison pill," aims to put the ...
The total contract was seven years and $49 million—not coincidentally the exact amount of the contract Hutchinson received from the Vikings. The first poison pill stipulated that the entire contract would be guaranteed if Burleson played five or more games in the state of Minnesota during any year of the contract.
Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications today announced what it is calling a stockholder rights plan. The plan, which some refer to as a "poison pill," aims to put the brakes on any ...