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greenmail
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   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
greenmail, payment, by a corporation that is a takeover target, of a premium price for the shares of its stock that have been accumulated by the potential buyer. In exchange, the potential buyer stops the takeover bid.


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From the centre's Buy Green mail order catalogue you can order an amazing variety of items, including a solar fan cap, rustic pencils and a solar cook book.
The Company would not entertain such a proposal which amounted only to green mail and brought no value to shareholders.
I believe their attempt to impede the merger is a continuation of their effort to obtain green mail.
 
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