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A poison pill refers to any strategy taken by a target company to avoid or negatively impact a hostile take-over bid.
Many strategies can be adopted:
-The company can offer its shareholders new shares at a discount, thus diluting the acquirer's control.
-It can dilute its stock by acquiring other smaller companies by stock swap.
-It can sign up for new debts discouraging the acquirer from paying the subsequent heavy interests...etc