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Tuesday, 02/24/2009 7:59:50 AM

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:59:50 AM

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Hostile takeovers are up as poison-pill defenses fade. Here are some eye-popping factoids:

• The number of publicly traded US-based companies with poison pills fell by 46% from 2001 to the end of 2008 (from 2,218 to 1,206).

• The proportion of mergers and acquisitions that are hostile has increased from 7% in 2004 to 24% in 2008 to 47% in 2009 to date.

Source: WSJ
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123545257085457321.html


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