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${?}_{{?}_{?}}{?}_{{?}_{?}}is$ a prearranged contract with managers specifying that, $in$ the event $of$ a hostile takeover, the target firm$s$ managers will $be$ paid a significant severance package.

Greenmail

Divestment

Poison pill

Golden parachute