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Noun Concept
Categories: Corporate finance, Mergers and acquisitions
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greenmail  Bon-voyage Bonus  Green mail  greenmailer  greenmailing
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(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business WordNet 3.0
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(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Greenmail or greenmailing is the action of purchasing enough shares in a firm to challenge a firm's leadership with the threat of a hostile takeover to force the target company to buy the purchased shares back at a premium in order to prevent the potential takeover. Wikipedia
term in finance Wikidata
Profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. Wiktionary
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