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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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For example, a greenmail payment raising loyalty questions is far less troublesome if presented to and approved by the informed majority of the shareholders who did not receive greenmail.
Fiduciary duties for activist shareholders by Anabtawi, Iman; Stout, Lynn / Stanford Law Review
For example, several studies have shown that CEOs with large stakes in their organizations are less likely to engage in anti-shareholder behavior such as resistance to takeovers, adoption of poison pills, and greenmail payments (e.
How can board members be empowered if they are spread too thin? by Young, Michael N.; Buchholtz, Ann K.; Ahlstrom, David / SAM Advanced Management Journal
It was intended to stop the common practice of deducting greenmail payments made to halt hostile takeovers.
Deducting noncompetition payments in connection with redemptions by Guyer, Randall W. / The Tax Adviser
 
 
 
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