Netflix adopted a poison pill (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;money.cnn.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;11&#x2F;05&#x2F;technology&#x2F;netflix-poison-pill&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;money.cnn.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;11&#x2F;05&#x2F;technology&#x2F;netflix-poison-pi...</a> - more professionally labeled a shareholder rights plan) to prevent Icahn from getting too crazy; he was basically threatening to make Netflix acquisition-bait. Icahn recently sold off his Netflix stake, but managed to make a ridiculous amount of money as the company saw some solid growth while he held a position.