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Contracts entered into to make a company unattractive to potential takeover bidders. Contracts may be made with directors, for example, entitling them to large payments on loss of office, or giving them options to buy critical parts of company assets, or the company’s shares, at low prices.

Reference: Oxford Press Dictonary of Economics, 5th edt.


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