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antitakeover

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an·ti·take·o·ver  (nt-tkvr, nt-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or constituting measures or statutes intended to prevent hostile acquisition of one company in certain situations, such as one in which the acquisition is intended to eliminate competition.


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The Office of Chief Counsel was also concerned that investment decisions based on nonfinancial, employment-related factors may reflect management concerns in hostile takeover situations; while Congress has recognized ESOPs as a tool of corporate finance, it has not gone so far as to endorse their use as an antitakeover device.
Explains Abercrombie, "Although most of the great 80s numbers crunching and repackaging of the subordinated debentures into third-tier mezzanine tranches took place in law officds up in New York, the real battles of the 1980s were fought down here in Delaware Chancery Court, where the various poison pills and antitakeover defenses were adjudicated.
These ventures usually include a significant investment by one company in the other; strong antitakeover protection; and a research, production, or marketing agreement.
 
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