JONESTOWN DEFENSE
A defense tactic where the target company partakes in an activity that might ruin the firm rather than avoid the hostile takeover. Also called suicide pill, it often leads to the death of the target. The term was taken from the Jonestown massacre in 1978 where a religious cult, the People’s Temple headed by American religious leader Jim Jones, committed mass suicide in Guyana.
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A kind of contract or promise that requires a party to conduct some action. For example, a bond covenant which provides that the issuer must delive ...
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Performance level describing a process which uses the lowest amount of inputs to come up with the greatest amount of inputs. It is relative to usin ...
Tax Free
Goods and/or financial products that are not taxable. Having the tax free status allows an entity to save money and encourages additional spending ...
Reprice
A situation that is most often allowed for company executives or high-level employees. It permits them to trade in their options that out of the mo ...
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