See: Poison Pill.
A poison pill is a strategy to protect a company from a takevoer. A poison put represents a particular tactical method to achieve the goal. Like picking cyanide vs. arsenic.
The put in question gets attached to the company's bonds. It's a provision that allows the bondholders to demand repayment if a takeover happens before the bonds are due. So the bonds can get repaid in full...but the option only exists in case of a takeover.
The situation makes a potential takeover much more expensive. Any incoming owners would be faced with a possible big debt repayment bill if bondholders exercise the put. It gives current stockholders leverage against a takeover.
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me nobody can have me pill lug dead dead alright
that's poison pill allah romeo and juliet and performed by
your friends here and the corporate version Well it isn't
all that different In fact there are really two flavors
of poison pill flintstones chewable lt's called flip ins which
allow current shareholders to buy a ton more shares at
a big discount toe where their shares are currently trading
flippen like if the shares are at forty bucks each
current shareholder than gets allowed to buy five shares for
ten bucks each for each share that they currently own
and have owned for the last in a year About
that would be a flipping well this flip in process
dilutes the company dramatically making it harder for an outside
takeover soldier to come in and you know just buy
the company that's a flip in the non chewable flintstone
flavor that you have to actually swallow is called ah
flip over which comes is a mandate from the board
allowing current shareholders to buy the shares of the acquirer
After the merger at a big discount it basically destroys
enormous value in the combined company making It tastes like
a bitter moth to ah hungry bat so you know
he spits it out The basic idea in these poison
pill defense strategies is to deal with hostile takeovers And
a lot of those came during the junk bond era
in the nineteen eighties when cheap high risk capital was
liquid Lee easily available almost anywhere and companies felt vulnerable
to short term quick buck wall street sharpies who looked
great in a dark suit and usually had awesome hair
So yeah people for details carefully watch wall street the
first one the good one the one with michael douglas
when he still had hair and what you don't really 00:01:54.212 --> [endTime] hear there is he said Shmoop is good yeah
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