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It can enter into negotiations with the offerer, or it can adopt a poison pill, thereby eliminating the ability of an acquirer to acquire economic and actual ownership of the company, without first engaging with the board. Now these two things aren’t mutually exclusive, you can also adopt a pill and enter into negotiations.
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