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- a measure taken by a company to avoid a hostile takeover, for example, the purchase of a business interest that will make the company unattractive to the potential buyer
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- A "Chewable" Poison Pill?
- Remember the scene in the movie "M*A*S*H*" when Painless the dentist decides to commit suicide by downing the poisonous "Black Capsule?" Following a Last Supper-style scene with his cronies and some tender nursing care, however, Painless comes back to life. Well, that's sort of what what Harvard...
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- No trumpets for poison pill.(PeopleSoft Inc and Oracle Corp.)(Editorial)
- Byline: Barry B. Burr Why does PeopleSoft Inc. make its poison pill so hard to find? If its board perceives the anti-takeover device as being in the interest of shareholders, why don't the directors and management trumpet it? Certainly, the boar ...
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- Hilton Hotels' Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Binding By-Law Amendment to Redeem Poison Pill, According to UNITE HERE
- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Shareholders of Hilton Hotels (NYSE:HLT) have overwhelmingly approved a precedent-setting, binding by-law amendment to redeem the company's poison pill and require any future pills to obtain shareholder prior approval, according to UNITE HERE, the proponent of the resolution.
- Research articles 2006-05-24
- Lear shareholders follow trend by wanting to vote on poison pills.(News)
- Byline: Terry Kosdrosky Lear Corp. shareholders last week took a small step in giving themselves more voting rights on poison pills. Shareholders present at the automotive supplier's annual meeting voted 70 percent in favor of a resolution to be Byline: Terry...
- Research articles 2004-05-17
- TRW Shareholders Reject Hostile-Takeover Protection Policy.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 25--TRW shareholders didn't want to swallow a so-called poison pill policy that made it costly for unwelcome suitors to buy the company out. Jan. 25--TRW shareholders didn't want to swallow a so-called poison pill policy that made it costly for unwelcome suitors to...
- Research articles 2000-01-27
- Use of Poison Pill Needs Vote, Electronic Data Systems Shareholders Say.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- May 24--PLANO, Texas--Electronic Data Systems shareholders approved a proposal yesterday that prevents the company from using a poison pill as an anti-takeover device without a shareholder vote. May 24--PLANO, Texas--Electronic Data Systems shareholders approved a proposal yesterday that prevents the company from using a...
- Research articles 2000-05-24
- Improving governance by joint shareholder action; Investors await trial to assert rights on News Corp. poison pill.
- Byline: Keith L. Johnson and Andrew Clearfield A preliminary ruling in a pending shareholder suit contesting News Corp.'s extension of its poison pill already has established a critical Delaware law precedent that upholds the authority of sharehol Byline: Keith L. Johnson and Andrew...
- Research articles 2006-03-06
- Shareholders of Travel Firm Sabre Holdings Approve 'Poison Pill' Limits.
- By Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2002-05-15
- ISP Shelves Proposal To Nix Hercules Poison Pill.(International Specialty Products Inc. still hopes to elect directors to the board of Hercules Inc.)(Brief Article)
- INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY Products Inc., led by 76 percent owner and chairman Samuel J. Heyman, has shelved its proposal to eliminate Hercules Inc.'s poison pill takeover defense mechanism, but will focus its efforts on electing four of its directors INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY Products Inc., led by...
- Research articles 2001-03-19
- Office Depot's Shareholders Vote to Crush Company's Poison Pill.
- By Paul Owers, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Paul Owers, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2003-05-02
- VLSI Technology Gets Defensive: Takeover target tightens "poison pill" restrictions - VLSI deploys shareholder rights plan, bylaw amendments to discourage unwanted suitor Royal Philips Electronics - Company Business and Marketing
- San Jose, Calif.-In a relatively quiet week surrounding Royal Philips Electronics' $777 million hostile tender offer for VLSI Technology Inc., the only news was VLSI's adoption of more stringent measures to discourage the potential acquisition.
- Research articles 1999-03-15
- Union Pension Fund Files Suit Against Chubb.(Brief Article)
- Chubb's failure to adopt a proposal approved by 70 percent of voting shareholders at last year's annual meeting was a bitter pill for one labor union to swallow--and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees is fighting back with a Chubb's failure to adopt...
- Research articles 2000-02-07
- Time Warner's board of directors last week approved a shareholders rights plan of "poison pill." (Brief Article)
- Time Warner's board of directors last week approved a shareholders rights plan or "poison pill." Last week's action was seen by some as a response to the accumulation of Time Warner stock by Seagram Co., which owns 11.8% of Time Warner, Time...
- Research articles 1994-01-24
- Funds flex their muscles.
- Public funds discover they have the clout to influence corporate boards they believe are not acting in shareholders' best interests. In July 1984, California State Treasurer Jesse Unruh asked the nation's public pension funds to support a new share Public funds discover they have...
- Research articles 1998-10-19
- Shareholder rights group singles out six area corporations for 'upgrading.' (Fairfield County, Connecticut)
- Shareholder rights group singles out six area corporations for `upgrading' The United Shareholders Association has mounted a full-scale campaign for shareholder activism at 50 major U.S. corporations, including five in Fairfield County and one in WeShareholder rights group singles out six area corporations for...
- Research articles 1990-09-24
- Is Your Company Shark-Proof?
- This article describes a case about Marty Lipton, who offers what is new in takeover defenses. It is not lost on the audience who know that he is about to begin an explosive escapade to destroy a corrupt corporate executive's plan. However, the best takeover defense is to combine a...
- White papers 2001-01-22
- What Is a Poison Pill?
- "Poison pills" work to thwart hostile takeovers, but they can also turn shareholders against you. How It Works Most poison-pill agreements are triggered when an outside company or individual — think Carl Icahn, for example — acquires ...
- Articles 2008-08-11
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- Barrick to Seek Termination of NovaGold Poison Pill and Extends Bid
- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX)(LSE: BGD)(SWX: ABX)(EURONEXT PARIS: ABX) announced today that it will be submitting an application to the British Columbia Securities Commission for a hearing to cease trade NovaGold Resources Inc.'s shareholder rights plan or poison pill. The Company will ask that the hearing be held no...
- Research articles 2006-09-14
- Barrick to Seek Termination of NovaGold Poison Pill and Extends Bid.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 14, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)(TSX:ABX)(LSE:BGD)(SWX:ABX)(EURONEXT PARIS:ABX) announced today that it will be submitting an application to the British Columbia Securities Commission for a hearing to cease trade NovaGold Resources Inc.'s shareholder rights plan or poison pill. The...
- Research articles 2006-09-14
- FHS Enterprises Seeks Removal of Moore Medical's `Poison Pill' and Wants Strategic Alternatives to Create Shareholder Value
- Business Editors NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 2001 In Letter to Moore Chairman, FHS Cites Continuing Huge Operating Losses, Management Rewards for Poor Performance and Costly e-Commerce Strategy Moore Medical Corp. (AMEX:MMD, www:mooremedical.com), a Connecticut-based leading national distributor of medical, surgical and pharmaceutical products, must...
- Research articles 2001-05-22
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