1.   And the moves announced Monday can only help fend off unwanted suitors, analysts said.

2.   Beyond that, poison pills are aimed at diluting the stake of unwanted suitors, making a takeover bid prohibitively expensive.

3.   Once they were seen as ways to prevent unwanted suitors from buying a company.

4.   PanCanadian last month topped a rival bid by unwanted suitor Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. for the Calgary, Alberta-based crude oil and natural gas producer.

5.   Poison pills are aimed at diluting the stake of unwanted suitors, making a takeover bid prohibitively expensive.

6.   Teledyne sought a marriage with Allegheny, a specialty metals producer and the smaller of the two companies, to ward off unwanted suitor WHX Corp., analysts said.

7.   The directive would prevent targeted companies from selling assets, issuing new shares or buying back shares to fend off an unwanted suitor unless shareholders agree.

8.   The holding company also owns warrants that would give it the right to buy enough new shares to box out an unwanted suitor.

9.   The move is designed to fend off unwanted suitors like Zell by making it more expensive for a hostile offer to succeed.

10.   They even scare away unwanted male suitors for Lorelai together.