A defensive strategy by which a target company engages in an activity that might actually ruin the company rather than prevent the hostile takeover. Also known···

A strategy used by corporations to discourage hostile takeovers. With a poison pill, the target company attempts to make its stock less attractive to the acqui···

A type of poison pill strategy in which shareholders have the option to purchase shares in the acquiring company at a deeply-discounted price. A flip-over pill···