poison pill

• 一种反收购策略，通过使目标公司对收购方变得不具吸引力或代价高昂，来阻止不受欢迎的收购要约；也泛指任何旨在阻止有害行为或决定的威慑性措施。

A strategy or measure used to make a company less attractive to an unwanted takeover bid, typically by making the acquisition more expensive or less desirable for the acquirer.

1. Corporate defense strategyC1formal

   A tactic used by a company to prevent a hostile takeover by making its stock less attractive to the acquirer.

   毒丸计划

   • The board of directors adopted a poison pill to block the takeover bid.
   • Shareholders voted on whether to implement a poison pill strategy.
   • The poison pill provision made the acquisition too expensive for the rival firm.

2. Disastrous measureC1informal

   A plan or action that is intended to solve a problem but ends up causing more harm than good.

   有害措施

   • The new policy turned out to be a poison pill for the company's reputation.
   • Accepting that deal would be a poison pill for our long-term goals.
   • His proposal was a poison pill that destroyed any chance of compromise.