Killer Bee (Noun)
Meaning 1
An investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The company hired an investment banker as a killer bee to deter a potential takeover by increasing debt and issuing new shares.
- The firm's management believed that bringing in a killer bee would send a strong message to the rival company that a takeover would not be easy or cheap.
- As a killer bee, it was Johnson's job to make the company look as unattractive as possible to potential acquirers by slashing dividend payments and making other operational changes.
- By issuing a large amount of debt, the killer bee made it clear that any company trying to acquire them would have to take on a significant financial burden.
- The company's board of directors decided to hire a killer bee to guard against the hostile takeover bid by reducing the company's attractiveness through financial engineering.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.