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suicide pill

poison pill with potentially catastrophic implications for the company it is designed to protect. An example might be a poison pill providing for an exchange of stock for debt in the event of a hostile takeover; that would discourage an acquirer by making the takeover prohibitively expensive, but its implementation could put the target company in danger of bankruptcy.

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Dedicated to funding research, developing prevention initiatives and offering educational programs and conferences for survivors, mental health professionals, physicians and the public. The Foundation's activities include: supporting research projects that ...

Members: 1,500
Founded: 1987
Dues: individual (friend), $35 annual; professional (friend), $50 annual; individual, professional, $100 annual; individual, professional (supporter), $250 annual; individual, professional (contributor), $500 annual.