There is nothing wrong with playing hard to get, particularly if you are the prettiest girl at the dance. BHP Billiton's $39bn, $130 a share cash offer for PotashCorp was greeted with derision and a “shareholder rights plan”, a euphemism for a poison pill. But it is more of a prophylactic, putting the onus on BHP to come up with a bigger sum.
對待追求者欲擒故縱沒有什麼不對的，尤其是你是舞會上最漂亮的姑娘時。必和必拓(BHP Billiton)提出的每股130美元、總價390億美元的現金收購要約就遭到了加拿大鉀肥公司(PotashCorp)的嘲笑。PotashCorp爲此還拿出了一份「股東權利計劃」——「毒丸計劃」的委婉說法。但這更像是一次「故縱」，逼迫必和必拓提出更高的報價。
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