greenmail

• Praktik, bei der ein Investor genügend Aktien eines Unternehmens kauft, um eine feindliche Übernahme anzudrohen und das Unternehmen so zu einem teuren Rückkauf der Anteile zu zwingen.

A noun referring to the practice of buying enough shares in a company to threaten a hostile takeover, thereby forcing the company to repurchase the shares at a premium to prevent the takeover.

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1. Corporate defense tacticC1formalbusiness

   The practice of buying a large number of shares in a company to threaten a hostile takeover, forcing the company to buy back the shares at a higher price to prevent the takeover.

   Taktik der Unternehmensverteidigung

   • The investor engaged in greenmail by acquiring a significant stake in the corporation.
   • The board decided to pay greenmail to avoid a hostile takeover.
   • Greenmail is often criticized as a manipulative financial strategy.