But in some cases these protective clauses are set off only by a hostile acquisition and not by a friendly change of control.

In some cases, though, these are only triggered by a hostile acquisition and not by a friendly change of control.

Bank regulators have created impediments to hostile acquisitions, and, as a result, they are seldom tried and rarely successful.

Oracle had sued PeopleSoft in Delaware to force it to remove its poison pill provision, which would make a hostile acquisition prohibitively expensive.

What remains of Prime is its Computervision subsidiary - itself owned by Prime only because of a hostile acquisition in 1988.

It was heavily rumored that Mitsubishi Motors intended a hostile acquisition of Honda by Japanese media in 1992 and 1993.

A successful hostile acquisition of Kansas City Power would be a milepost for an industry that, until recently, had been characterized by peaceful geographic monopolies.

In July 2001 after a hostile acquisition DELTA S.A. became the major stakeholder of the company.

Depressed growth and profits were the causes of low stock prices, which in turn made certain large American advertising agencies vulnerable to hostile acquisitions.

The agreements for its earlier limited partnerships prevented the firm from making hostile acquisitions.