M&A & Merger Models
Why is a poison pill combined with a staggered board considered the most potent takeover-defense pairing?
Model answer
Each defense covers the other's weakness. The pill stops a bidder from buying control directly, but a board can always redeem it - so the bidder's natural counter is a proxy fight to replace the…
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