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(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business

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It was intended to stop the common practice of deducting greenmail payments made to halt hostile takeovers.
Deducting noncompetition payments in connection with redemptions
As a result of Five Star Manufacturing, some corporate taxpayers took the position that greenmail payments were deductible.
INDOPCO and the tax treatment of reorganization costs
Kosnik (1987, 1990) found that boards of directors authorizing greenmail payments possess different characteristics than boards that do not pay greenmail under similar circumstances.
Takeover resistance, information leakage, and target firm value
In addition to withdrawing TAM 8516002, TAM 8626001 specifically considered the treatment of greenmail payments.
Takeover expenses: National Starch and the IRS add new wrinkles
Among the weapons being brandished by top managements attempting to maintain their control against the onslaught of corporate raiders are: poison pills, golden parachutes, greenmail payments, changes in voting rights, leveraged buy-outs, and corporate restructuring.
Corporate governance: fact or fiction?
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