#shark_repellent__sharkrepellent__porcupine_provision__porcupineprovision  a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts
  supertype:  measure.tactical_maneuver__step  any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
  subtype:  golden_parachute  giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover
  subtype:  greenmail  paying the raider to give up a takeover attempt (as by an extravagant buyback of the stock they hold in your corporation)
  subtype:  pac-man_strategy__pacmanstrategy  the target company defends itself by threatening to take over its acquirer
  subtype:  poison_pill  the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer
     subtype:  suicide_pill__suicidepill  a poison pill with potentially catastrophic implications for the company it is intended to protect
  subtype:  safe_harbor  the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive (gives it a safe harbor)
  subtype:  scorched-earth_policy  the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels

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