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• [_ARG2 The move] is designed *-1 *-2 to [_rel ward] off [_ARG1 a hostile takeover attempt by two European shipping concerns , Stena Holding AG and Tiphook PLC] .
• [_ARG0 The company] earlier this year adopted a shareholder-rights plan *-1 to [_rel ward] off [_ARG1 unwanted suitors] .
• The company , which *T*-27 has 13.8 million common shares outstanding , said in mid-June that it was considering [_ARG2 a restructuring] 0 *T*-2 to [_rel ward] off [_ARG1 a hostile takeover attempt by two European shipping concerns] .
• Analysts noted that [_ARGM-TMP over the past 20 years] , [_ARG0 Mr. Fournier] has built his company through astute stock-market activity and has [_rel warded] off [_ARG1 at least three takeover attempts] .