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The Tokyo District Court has blocked Toho Holdings from issuing warrants that would dilute 3D Investment Partners if the Singapore hedge fund increased its stake above 24%. 3D wants 27%; Toho’s defense had received 54.7% shareholder approval in June. Toho plans to challenge the injunction. Reuters, September 18
The distinction is important. A classic poison pill buys time against a bid for control. Here, 3D was seeking influence without outright control, and management still wanted discriminatory dilution. If the injunction survives, a shareholder vote will not automatically sanitize that extension of the device. Japanese boards may need to answer activists on capital allocation and governance rather than first redefining a large minority position as a takeover.