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Elson described the “poison pill” option as “an antitakeover move” as Papa John’s looks to sever ties with Schnatter in as many ways as possible.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2018

Mylan set up a Dutch foundation, known as a stichting, which is an antitakeover defense comparable to a U.S.-style poison pill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 27, 2015

The latter case upheld the Indiana control share acquisition statute, and set the constitutional framework for later federal courts to largely uphold state antitakeover statutes.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2010

Since a poison pill is the first line of defense, these antitakeover statutes are seldom, if ever, really implicated and so there is little hard evidence on their effect.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2010

Advocates of tough new antitakeover laws that are sprouting from Massachusetts to South Dakota claim that the legislation will prevent outsiders from looting local firms and throwing residents out of work.

From Time Magazine Archive