| 释义 |
ˈgreenmail Stock Market (orig. U.S.).
[f. green a. + blackmail; cf. green n. 7 d.]
The practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm or trading company to threaten a take-over, thereby forcing the owners to buy them back at a premium in order to retain control of the business. Freq. attrib.
1983National Law Jrnl. (U.S.) 21 Mar. 23/4 Corporations are scurrying to combat a perceived threat from those professional investors who practice ‘greenmail’—putting pressure on a company to get a buy-out for cash. 1984Daily Tel. 16 June 17 The Disney settlement is the latest and biggest in a recent spate of ‘greenmail’ deals. 1984Times 15 Oct. 17/6 Two leading companies in the United States are introducing schemes to help ward off the threat of unwelcome takeover bids or attempts of ‘greenmail’. 1986N.Y. Times 13 Nov. d1/1 CPC may have revived ‘greenmail’ by moving to get Ronald O. Perelman off its back, some Wall Street players contend.
Hence as v. trans., to subject (a company) to greenmail; also absol.; ˈgreenmailer, one who engages in greenmail.
1984Washington Post 14 May (Business Suppl.) 25/4 The only beneficiaries are..the greenmailers, who are encouraged to use the tactic again and again. 1984Financial Times 27 Sept. 32/7 It is not every year that CJR will have the chance to greenmail St Regis. 1985Harper's Mag. Jan. 62/2 Gulf..suggested that Pickens..was therefore nothing but a mischievous greenmailer. 1985Observer 24 Nov. 40/2, I don't buy stock to greenmail. 1986Sunday Times 6 Apr. 59/4 Fears of a consortium bid to break up the company or greenmail it—buy off the shares held by those threatening to make a bid. |