Chastity Bond

What Does Chastity Bond Mean?
A bond designed to prevent unwanted takeovers by having a maturity that is activated once a takeover is complete.

Investopedia explains Chastity Bond
The idea behind the chastity bond is that companies will be less inclined to take over a company if they know that afterward they will immediately be forced to pay bondholders.

This is similar in nature to a macaroni strategy except that the redemption prices of the bonds are not inflated - the chastity bond matures at par.

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