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Poison Pill
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Breaking News: Papa John's Board OKs 'Poison Pill' to Block Founder From Gaining Control
...oard, looking to further distance itself from the companys controversial founder , voted on Sunday to adopt a poison pill to keep John Schnatter from gaining a controlling stake in the Louisville, Kent., company, accordi...Read Full Article -
American Airlines, Qatar, and the NOL Poison Pill
... purchase any more. That sounds like an NOL poison pill! (Shamless plug to NOL poison pill paper, The Hostile Poison Pill.) The Delaware courts have upheld the use of a 4.99 poison pill to protect a corporate asset (net ...Read Full Article -
Activist CIAM Says Ahold's 'Poison Pill' Unfair for Investors
...ting power to fend off unwanted acquirers, often to the frustration of investors. “Anything that looks like a poison pill is a problem of governance,” Anne-Sophie D’Andlau, co-founder at hedge fund firm CIAM, told Reuter...Read Full Article -
Immersion (IMMR) Adopts Shareholders Rights Plan
Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq: IMMR) announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a limited duration stockholder rights plan (the Rights Plan). The rights will expire on December 26, 2018. The Board of Directors may redeem the rights for $0.001 per right at any time before an event that causes...Read Full Article -
SandRidge Energy Adopts ‘Poison Pill’ After Carl Icahn Increases Stake
...izes SandRidges plan to buy Bonanza Creek Energy Inc... SandRidge Energy Inc.’s board has adopted a so-called poison pill that would make it more difficult for activist investor Carl Icahn, who recently disclosed a 13.5%...Read Full Article -
'Poison Pill' Stops the Presses on Boardroom Coup Attempt at Johnston Press
...blisher to its lenders... An attempted boardroom coup at Johnston Press has been thwarted by a controversial “poison pill” defence that could hand control of the newspaper publisher to its lenders. Christen Ager-Hanssen,...Read Full Article -
Furniture Retailer Rent-A-Center Adopts Poison Pill
...oison pill Rent-A-Center Inc ( RCII.O ) said on Tuesday it adopted a stockholder rights plan, or a so-called "poison pill", a month after activist investor Engaged Capital LLC stepped up efforts to push the furniture ret...Read Full Article -
Dissident Stockholders ‘Outraged’ at Surge ‘Poison Pill’ Tactic
...ocked and outraged that the board of directors has adopted a poison pill that seeks to cap share purchases. A poison pill is a tactic used to avert takeovers deemed hostile by the board of directors... A poison pill is a...Read Full Article -
Starboard Delivers Letter to Depomed CEO and Board of Directors
...saction, on July 12, 2015, the Board adopted bylaw amendments, as well as a 10% poison pill rights plan (the "Poison Pill"), designed to make it as difficult and time-consuming as possible for shareholders to potentially...Read Full Article -
Engaged Capital Reiterates Call for HeartWare International to Immediately Terminate Proposed Acquisition of Valtech ...
...ets. As a result, this acceleration provision effectively serves, whether intentionally or not, as a ten-year poison pill. Rather than trading with an embedded M&A premium like most of its mid-cap medical device peers, t...Read Full Article -
Vaalco Energy Shareholder Slams Board Actions, Recent Poison Pill
...doff and Group 42, which was particularly critical of EGY's corporate governance and the recent adoption of a poison pill. In response, EGY says it "welcome(s) constructive input" but that its board and management team a...Read Full ArticleMentions: Poison Pill -
Why is a Shareholder Rights Plan Called a "Poison Pill?"
...tity obtains a certain percentage of total ownership, leading to the nickname "poison pill." An example of a poison pill defense occurred in 2012, when Netflix announced a shareholder rights plan had been adopted by its...Read Full Article -
News Corp. Can Keep Its 'Poison Pill' Provision, Delaware Court Rules
...oison pill. News Corp. rejected that proposal but agreed to adopt a board policy stating it would not keep a poison pill in place for more than a year without a shareholder vote. However, News did not make that policy a...Read Full Article -
Town Sports Adopts Poison Pill, Declares Dividend Distribution
...Town Sports Adopts Poison Pill, Declares Dividend Distribution... (RTTNews.com) - Town Sports International Holdings Inc. ( CLUB ) said its board of directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan and declared ...Read Full Article
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Quotes about Poison Pill
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Anything that looks like a poison pill is a problem of governance.
In Activist CIAM Says Ahold's 'Poison Pill' Unfair for Investors -
The board rejected Third Point's request out-of-hand and continues to enforce the Poison Pill against Third Point.
In Dan Loeb's Third Point suing Sotheby's over poison pill -
Third Point is disappointed that Sotheby's Board of Directors has trotted out the poison pill – a relic from the 1980's.
In Sotheby's Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan to Fend off Loeb
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