Greenmail is 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.
Barry Goldsmith
| APA | Barry Goldsmith. (2010). greenmail. Retrieved September 23, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/greenmail/definitions/1155123 |
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