SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northstar Neuroscience, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSTR), announced today that its Board of Directors adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to enable all Northstar shareholders to realize the full value of their investment and to provide for fair and equal treatment for shareholders in the event that an unsolicited attempt is made to acquire Northstar. The adoption of the shareholder rights plan is intended to guard against the potential future use of takeover tactics designed to gain control of Northstar without paying all shareholders full and fair value and was not adopted in response to any current effort to acquire control of the company.
