1) Antitakeover maneuver 2) Porcupine provision 3) Shark repellent
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Greenmail or greenmailing is the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover, thereby forcing the target firm to buy those shares back at a premium in order to suspend the takeover. The term is a neologism derived from blackmail and greenback as commentators and journalists saw the practice of said corporate raiders as at...
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The holding of a large block of stock of a target company by an unfriendly company, with the object of forcing the target company to repurchase the stock at a substantial premium to prevent a takeover.
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Situation in which a large block of stock is held by an unfriendly company, forcing the target company to repurchase the stock at a substantial premium to prevent a takeover.
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A term that describes when a hostile bidder threatens a company with takeover by purchasing a large number of its shares, forcing the management of the company to repurchase the shares at an above market price.
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Payment made by a target company to avoid a takeover; for example, buying back a portion of its own shares from a potential predator (either a person or a company) at an inflated price. ...
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Forcing a company to buy back a large block of stock at a higher price than purchased by threatening the company with a hostile takeover.
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An investment notion that even when a stock is fully valued by conventional standards, there is room
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Greenmail occurs when a company agrees to repurchase stock from an investor at a premium price in order to prevent a hostile takeover. By accepting the payment, the corporate raider agrees not to buy any more shares or pursue the takeover any further for a specified number of years.
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The situation by which a large block of stock is held by an unfriendly company, which forces the target company to repurchase the stock at a substantial premium to prevent a takeover.
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A US term which describes the situation in which a takeover target buys back its own shares from a... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/greenmail.htm?id=1707&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of greenmail'>more</a>
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In the US, payment by a takeover target to a potentialbidder, usually to buy back acquired shares at a premium in return forthe predator not pursuing the bid.
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A situation in which a person or entity (the greenmailer) buys enough stock in a public company to threaten a hostile takeover. The greenmailer offers to end the threat to the company by selling its stock back at a higher price. The term combines the words greenback and blackmail.
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Greenmail is the purchase of a large block of shares in a company, which are then sold back to the company at a premium over the market price in return for a promise not to launch a bid for the company. This practice is not uncommon in the USA, where companies are much freer than in Britain to buy their own shares. Although the morality of greenmai...
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Greenmail is slang for money paid by a company to thwart the efforts of those attempting a takeover.
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n] - paying the raider to give up a takeover attempt (as by an extravagant buyback of the stock they hold in your corporation)
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slang for money paid by a company to thwart the efforts of those attempting a takeover.
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noun (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
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- Any amount a corporation pays to a shareholder to directly or indirectly buy back its stock.
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Payment made by a target company to avoid a takeover; for example, buying back a portion of its own shares from a potential predator (either a person or a company) at an inflated price
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