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(FINANCE) when a corporate raider initiates a hostile takeover of an undervalued corporation with the intent of forcing the management to buy him off.

HOW IT WORKS
A corporate raider engaged in greenmail requires a takeover vehicle to launch a hostile takeover. The takeover vehicle is usually another corporation controlled by the raider, although in recent years ESOPs have been used (e.g., Tribune Corp., 2007). The vehicle buys up a lot of shares of the target company's stock on the market, then announces it wants to acquire a controlling interest.

Management opposes the takeover bid. It can (a) challenge the legality of the takeover, (b) adopt a charter that makes it hard for the takeover vehicle to run the company it's proposing to buy (a poison pill), (c) seek another buyer that is more favorable (a white knight), or (d) borrow a ton of money and buy so many shares that the stock price goes up.

The raider makes a tender offer for the shares he doesn't own. If the target picks (c) or (d), then the raider will probably make a huge amount of money when he suddenly dumps all his shares on the market. His tender offer probably started a bidding war with management, driving share prices to something very high.

WHAT CAN GO WRONG
The management can use (a) or (b) successfully, or it can use (e), viz., launch a hostile takeover bid of the target vehicle. The raider can lose of lot of money if a lot of shareholders have accepted his tender offer.
The most successful greenmail practitioner was T. Boone Pickens, who used Mesa Petroleum (now Pioneer Oil) to greenmail six companies. Eventually he was ousted from his own company.
by Sorry, the good guys lost September 4, 2010
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Green man ecstasy

(n. -countable)
Specific to pedestrians in urban areas.

The euphoria felt when, in full stride, you reach an intersection just as the 'walk' sign illuminates thus not having to slow down whilst simultaneously overtaking all the fools who'd been stood there waiting for the signal to change.
Dude: All this stop/go nonsense is getting on my nerves!

Dude2: Yep - I need to be hooked up with some green man ecstasy!

"It was the quickest walk from the bus stop to here - I hit like 5 Green man esctasys in a row!"
by tweakyd July 10, 2009
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Greenland

A barren island territory.
Second largest island.
Territory of Denmark.
Capital is Godthab.
Greenland will become seperate from Denmark soon.
by The Geography Master October 7, 2003
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Crazed Green Man

A green man that hides in TommyInnits walls to stalk him.
Tommy: *Telling secrets*
Tubbo: "A crazed green man is in de walls."
Tommy: "Oh no, get him out!"
by NotTechnoblade November 18, 2020
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Greenland Grass Chewer

When your doing a girl from the back, then you spin her around and make her munch on your overgrown pubes.
N.C.V. had me chewing on his scruff until i almost choked on that shit. Im the best at the greenland grass chewer though.
by Tablet July 1, 2008
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Greenland,nh

A place of about 3,000 where downtown consists of the middle school and a church. GHOP use to be downtown til it burned. Known for its farms that it doesnt even really ahve
hey wanna go to greenland,nh and do a little cow tippin bro?
by cowwtipppppinmofo September 3, 2010
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GreenLanturn

Newgrounds official "Token Black Guy." He is invited to all the parties and has a way with the women. Most people correct him about the spelling of his name, but he knows the correct spelling. He is one of the newest Green Lanterns and does not yet have a comic about him or has even made his presence known to the entire world. He is still considered a rookie, but hero in the making. He is one to the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
" I hope I was of some help to you. Good luck with this and I look forward to your next project. Take care."

"No chicks.

Only women, ladies, girls and/or the occasional attention whore."
by Guardian of Oa June 7, 2005
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