毒どく薬やく条じょう項こう

noun

poison pill; anti-takeover measure

A business term for a defensive strategy used by a company to deter hostile takeovers, often by making the company less attractive or more expensive to acquire. Also referred to as ポイズンピル.

See also: ポイズンピル

• その会かい社しゃは敵てき対たい的てき買ばい収しゅうを防ふせぐために毒どく薬やく条じょう項こうを導どう入にゅうした。

  The company introduced a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover.

• 毒どく薬やく条じょう項こうは、買ばい収しゅう防ぼう衛えい策さくの一ひとつとして知しられている。

  The poison pill is known as one of the anti-takeover measures.