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golden parachute
giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover
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greenmail
(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business
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pac-man strategy
the target company defends itself by threatening to take over its acquirer
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poison pill
the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer
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safe harbor
the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive
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scorched-earth policy
the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels
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suicide pill
a poison pill with potentially catastrophic implications for the company it is intended to protect
