Dorian LPG has adopted a poison pill aimed at protecting shareholders in the event of a takeover attempt.

The New York-listed LPG carrier owner couched the shareholder rights plan as a way to protect existing shareholders, and the company did not did not reference any potential suitors.

But the very large gas carrier space has been a hotbed of mergers-and-acquisition talk, culminating last week in BW LPG's successful takeover of Aurora LPG.

►Dorian LPG: Chief executive John Hadjipateras.

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