greenmail

• Существительное, обозначающее практику покупки достаточного количества акций компании для угрозы враждебного поглощения, что вынуждает компанию выкупить эти акции с премией, чтобы предотвратить поглощение.

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.

   Тактика корпоративной защиты

   • 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.