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Poison pill
Any tactic by a company designed to avoid a hostile Takeover . One example is the issuance of Preferred stock that gives shareholders the Right to Redeem their shares at a premium after the Takeover .
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10-K ,
19c3 stock ,
Accrual of discount ,
After-tax basis ,
American Stock Exchange ,
Amortization of premium ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Adjustable rate preferred stock ,
American Depositary Share ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
After acquired clause ,
After-acquired collateral ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Average price per share ,
At the money ,
After-tax contributions ,
Across the board ,
After-tax ,
After-hours trading ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Away from the market ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Bank holding company ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Basic earnings per share ,
Balance of payments ,
Board of Governors ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bust-up takeover ,
B shares ,
Bearer share ,
Bonus share ,
Borrowed stock ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Common stock equivalent ,
Conversion premium ,
Code of procedure ,
Cumulative preferred ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cyclical stock ,
Certificated stock ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Callable stock ,
Certificate of stock ,
Consumer stock ,
Control stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Controlled company ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Cornering the market ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Deal stock ,
Defensive stock ,
Distribution stock ,
Donated stock ,
Directed share program ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Dirty stock ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Depth of market ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Ex-legal ,
Edge Act ,
E-mini ,
Exchange of spot ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Employee stock repurchase agreement ,
Ex-all ,
Ex-warrants ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Front-ending an order ,
Fractional share ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Fixed premium ,
First preferred stock ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Full stock ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Finance company ,
Friendly takeover ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
Glass-Steagall Act ,
Good Til Canceled ,
Growth stock ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Gather in the stops ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High-tech stock ,
Holding company ,
Heir ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Income stock ,
Insurance premium ,
Identified shares ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
Institutional shares ,
Investment company ,
I/O strip ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In the tank ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Limited company ,
Level premium insurance ,
Loan stock ,
Letter of comment ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Leading the market ,
Limited Liability Company ,
Level I quotes ,
Mutual company ,
Make a market ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Marginable stock ,
Money at call ,
Management company ,
Market-share weighted index ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
Non-cumulative preferred ,
Nonvoting stock ,
Null and void ,
Notice of Default ,
Non-qualified stock option ,
Non-statutory stock option ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
No-load stock ,
Off the books ,
One time charge ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
OID ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Offshore company ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Optionable stock ,
Original issue stock ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end management company ,
Option holder ,
Option premium ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pre-depreciation profit ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Preferred debt ,
Premium bond ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Participating preferred ,
Preference shares ,
Preferred shares ,
Preferred stock ,
Prior preferred stock ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Pre-existing conditions ,
Preferred Provider Organization ,
Premium raid ,
Public company ,
Pour-over will ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Premium income ,
Prudent Expert Act ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Pre-syndicate bid ,
Private company ,
Preservation of capital ,
Painting the tape ,
Qualifying share ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Redeem ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Regulated investment company ,
Redeemable shares ,
Restricted stock ,
Right ,
Red herring ,
Registered Company ,
Regulation A ,
Reverse Take-Over ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Roll over ,
Rule of 78 ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk premium ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
SG&A ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
Stock association ,
Series EE bond ,
Stock buyback ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Stock loan ,
Second preferred stock ,
Shareholder ,
Stock dividend ,
Standard of living ,
Single stock futures ,
Special Drawing Right ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Single-premium life insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Secondary stock ,
Share ,
Stock bonus plan ,
Stock certificate ,
Stock Clearing Corporation ,
Stock consolidation ,
Stock exchange ,
Stock index ,
Stock market ,
Stock option ,
Stock option plan ,
Stock power ,
Stock screening ,
Stock swap ,
Stock symbol ,
Stock ticker ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Share appreciation mortgage ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Stock fund ,
Selling the spread ,
Synthetic stock ,
Single-Premium Deferred Annuity ,
Shareholder value ,
Share price ,
Stock list ,
Story stock ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
S Corporation ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Take delivery ,
Treasury Stock ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Trust company ,
Takeover ,
Takeover target ,
Tenancy at will ,
Title company ,
Top hat plan ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
Take profits ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Value stock ,
Vanishing premium policy ,
Vetoing stock ,
Voting right ,
Voting stock ,
Void ,
Williams Act ,
Waiver of premium ,
Watered stock ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
X or XD ,
Year-over-year ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Z shares