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Suicide pill

An extreme version of the Poison pill defense in which a Target company engages in an Activity that might destroy the company in Order to avoid a hostile Takeover.

Related Terms: 8 Activity, OID, Order, Poison pill, RSI, Takeover, Target, Void
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