Dead Hand Provision

Dead Hand Provision

Definition

A provision included in some poison pill rights plans that provides that the poison pill rights may only be redeemed by the directors who created them. If allowed to stand, a dead hand provision would prevent new board members from avoiding the negative consequences of the poison pill by redeeming the rights.

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