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Board of Directors Shareholder Activism Poison Pill

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Court Upholds Legality of Poison Pills for Closed-End Funds but Limits Successive Plans

On March 28, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) held that it was legal under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) for a closed-end fund to use a shareholder rights plan...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Strikes 5% Poison Pill With "Extreme" Features

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The Background: The Delaware Chancery Court held that a board of directors breached its fiduciary duties in adopting a shareholder rights plan, or "poison pill," with an unprecedented combination of "extreme" features,...more

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Delaware Court Enjoins an ‘Extreme’ Stockholder Rights Plan

On February 26, 2021, Vice Chancellor Kathaleen S. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery permanently enjoined a stockholder rights plan — or so-called “poison pill” — with a 5% trigger that The Williams Companies, Inc....more

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The Resilient Rights Plan: Recent Poison Pill Developments and Trends

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Shareholder rights plans were developed more than 30 years ago to fend off opportunistic hostile offers and other abusive takeover transactions. Rights plans deter unauthorized stock accumulations by imposing substantial...more

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