Poiatti, Federico (A.A. 2020/2021) Takeovers and defensive tactics: poison pills in the wake of pandemic crisis. Tesi di Laurea in Law and economics (corporate and business law: antitrust and regulation), Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Pierluigi Matera, pp. 59. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Takeover & defense tactics under Delaware law. Context and origins. Different kinds of takeover defense tactics. Hostile takeovers bids after Williams act. The Williams act. "Shareholder rights plan" or poison pills. Poison pills features. Consequences to directors for deploying poison pills. State licenses for the use of poison pills. Crisis poison pills. The impact of Covid-19 on company vulnerability. Poison pill in response to the pandemic. Stock price reactions to poison pills in the Covid-19 crisis. Delaware chancery’s revision on crisis pills. ISS and Glass Lewis guidance on “crisis poison pill”. The Williams companies pills. Rights plans adopted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Bibliografia: pp. 51-55.

Thesis Type:	Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Economics and Business, English language (L-33)
Chair:	Law and economics (corporate and business law: antitrust and regulation)
Thesis Supervisor:	Matera, Pierluigi
Academic Year:	2020/2021
Session:	Summer
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2022 11:22
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2022 11:22
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/31688

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