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How to take over a NASDAQ-listed firm using ‘toxic convertibles’

A lawsuit filed in the United States against a Bahamas-based mutual fund offers a fascinating insight into how stock promoters can wrest control of a publicly-traded firm through alleged stock manipulation.
Louisiana-based National Affiliated Corporation claims that it was a victim of a method of stock manipulation known in the industry as a ‘death spiral’ or ‘toxic convertibles’.