Poison pill. (Health Care).Things are going so well for DaVita Inc. that it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to take some action. The Torrance-based owner and operator of kidney dialysis Dialysis, Kidney Definition Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. centers adopted a shareholder rights plan this month -- more commonly known as a poison pill A defensive strategy based on issuing special stock that is used to deter aggressors in corporate takeover attempts. The poison pill is a defensive strategy used against corporate takeovers. -- that will kick in should any one party buy 15 percent or more of its stock. The company said it adopted the plan not as the result of any specific takeover threat, and analyst Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997. British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures. Richter of Banc of America Securities agreed. He said the company has been posting big earnings numbers lately but its stock has only been trading in the mid- mid- pref. Middle: midbrain. 20s, well below his target of $34 a share. "Most companies have (a poison pill) and they are unusual in that they don't have one," he said. "This is an enormously successful, profitable and growing business and they want to make sure that no one steps in to force them to do something they don't want to do." Staff reporter Laurence Darmiento can be reached at (323) 549-5225 ext. 237 or at ldarmiento@labusinessjournal.com |
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