poison pill
noun
: a financial tactic or provision used by a company to make an unwanted takeover prohibitively expensive or less desirable
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In March of this year, BBRC International Private, an investment company run by Australian billionaire Brett Blundy, increased its stake in Victoria’s Secret to about 13%, prompting the retailer to adopt a poison pill to ward off a potential takeover.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
With no poison pills or unrelated riders - the bill is simple: extend funding and certainty for the nation.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Houston and Phoenix aren’t allowed to finalize the trade until July 6 due to the ‘poison pill’ restriction in Green’s contract.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
It’s been a complicated stretch for the Victoria’s Secret board, which, in the midst of the website outage last week, also imposed a poison pill shareholder rights plan to prevent Australian entrepreneur Brett Blundy’s BBRC International from buying the company without paying a control premium.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 June 2025
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
With no poison pills or unrelated riders - the bill is simple: extend funding and certainty for the nation.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Houston and Phoenix aren’t allowed to finalize the trade until July 6 due to the ‘poison pill’ restriction in Green’s contract.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
It’s been a complicated stretch for the Victoria’s Secret board, which, in the midst of the website outage last week, also imposed a poison pill shareholder rights plan to prevent Australian entrepreneur Brett Blundy’s BBRC International from buying the company without paying a control premium.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 June 2025
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“Poison pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poison%20pill. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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