greenmail. 1. The act or practice of buying enough stock in a company to threaten a hostile takeover and then selling the stock back to the corporation at an inflated price. 2. The money paid for stock in the corporation’s buyback. Cf. BLACKMAIL(1); FEEMAIL; GRAYMAIL. 3. A shareholder’s act of filing or threatening to file […]
恶意收购要约 英语：hostile takeover bid 法语：offre publique d’achat (OPA) hostile 德语：feindlicher Übernahmeversuch 意大利语：offerta di acquisizione ostile 西班牙语：OPA hostil
sandbagging, n. 1. A trial lawyer’s remaining cagily silent when a possible error occurs at trial, with the hope of preserving an issue for appeal if the court does not correct the problem. • Such a tactic does not usu. preserve the issue for appeal because objections must be promptly made to alert the trial
corporate raider 公司袭击者 指通过购买目标公司的股票与替代管理的方式，违背公司的意愿而试图取得其控制权的个人或公司。该词常用来指敌意收购人〔hostile bidder〕，简作raider。 (→raider; takeover; white knight)
shark repellent. 1. TAKEOVER DEFENSE. 2. More specifically, a charter or bylaw provision designed to impede hostile bids to acquire a controlling interest in a corporation.
crown-jewel defense. An antitakeover device in which the target company agrees to sell its most valuable assets to a third party if a hostile bid is tendered, so that the company will be less attractive to an unfriendly suitor. Cf. SCORCHED-EARTH DEFENSE; PAC-MAN DEFENSE.
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Slang. A (usu. hostile) takeover strategy in which the acquiring entity offers the target firm a price per share that is significantly higher than market value, intending to squeeze the target into accepting.
bear hug. Slang. A (usu. hostile) takeover strategy in which the acquiring entity offers the target firm a price per share that is significantly higher than market value, intending to squeeze the target into accepting. reverse bear hug. A maneuver by which a takeover target responds to a bidder’s offer by showing a willingness to
scorched-earth defense. Corporations. An antitakeover tactic by which a target corporation sells its most valuable assets or divisions in order to reduce its value after acquisition and thus try to defeat a hostile bidder’s tender offer. Cf. CROWN-JEWEL DEFENSE; PAC-MAN DEFENSE.
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