poison pill

基本解釋

According to the Citigroup report, in 2002 some 300 of the companies in the S&P 500 index—in other words, 60% of them—had a poison pill, and 302 had a staggered board.
花旗銀行的報(bào)告提到，2002年標(biāo)準(zhǔn)普爾500指數(shù)中有300家，也就是60%的公司采取毒丸策略，302家建立了分期分級(jí)董事會(huì)制度。
It offered $3.5 billion for Long Island-based OSI, which specialises in cancer treatments, and went to court to prevent it from trying to block an acquisition with a poison pill.
它拿出35億美金收購位于長(zhǎng)島的OSI公司，這家公司是做癌癥治療生意的。然后，它又通過法律途徑，防止OSI采取毒丸計(jì)劃阻撓其收購。
Activists have also demanded revisions to articles of incorporation and the unwinding of recently established "poison pill" measures aimed at preventing hostile takeovers.
激進(jìn)主義者也要求修改公司條例，并且放松最近建立起來的“毒丸”制度，這種制度的目標(biāo)是阻止敵對(duì)的接管。

Never mind the poison pill that Netflix put in place after Icahn acquired a near-10% stake.
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Unfortunately, the judge ruling in the case upheld the legality of Poison Pill plans yesterday evening.
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Soon after, Office Depot created a poison pill defense that would fend off hostile takeovers.
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A poison pill refers to what some companies do to reduce their value in order to prevent themselves being taken over by another company.