greenmail
greenmail n. 绿色邮件 在公司收购中，指目标公司以高于市场价的价格购回由潜在的股票收购人所持有的股票。作为回报，该持股人同意不与对手竞价收购。对于此类支付应征收特别税。
GREENMAIL
greenmail
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