Sentences with phrase «called poison pill»

Martin Lipton, the corporate lawyer best known for helping managers stay in control with so - called poison pills, says dual - class shares ward off «myopic activists» — hedge - fund managers and buyout specialists who aim to drive up share prices in the short term yet harm the company's long - term interests.

Silver denied that, adding, «If it's something someone doesn't agree with, they call it a poison pill.»

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CUPW later responded with a statement calling the condition of binding arbitration at the end of the 30 - day window a «poison pill» that it would not accept.

In order to buy more time, meanwhile, Tribune also implemented a so - called «poison pill» designed to hold Gannett's offer at bay.

It's the second time in recent years that the company has put into place a so - called «poison pill» plan.

At issue is what some have called a «poison pill» designed to give the State greater control and oversight.

City Hall called it «a poison pill.»

called this language a «poison pill,» and the amendment was defeated 51 - 47.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's Housing Commissioner Vicki Been called Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed executive budget a «poison pill» for the city's affordable housing plan.

These so called genius doctors are making big bucks off of your nutritional deficiency symptoms by calling them «diseases» and stuffing your face full of poison Big Pharma pills.

We will therefore next look at another scam created by the legislature called Ghost Money before reviewing how two poison pills inserted into the Levy Swipe Scam will cause dramatic declines in school funding in the coming years.

CTU called the voucher program a «poison pill that gives tax breaks to the wealthy... and is built on the backs of Chicago public school students and their families.»

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transaction not in the ordinary course of buspoison pill rights issued and outstanding under Avigen's Poison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of businpill rights issued and outstanding under Avigen's Poison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, 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Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of businPill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of business.