greenmail的意思不是这样解释啊.其实是指在进行上市公司收购过程中,收购方为了让被收购公司的管理层支持他们的收购行为,而给予被收购公司管理层的金钱或其他利益,比如让他们继续在公司任职等.这方面的解释可以看Blair的<所有权与控制>,中国社会科学出版社,这个问题属于corporate governance & corporate finance的范畴.
managers may arrange a targeted repurchase to forestall a takeover attempt. in a targeted repurchase, a firm buys back its own stock from a potential bidder, usually at a substaintial premium. these premiums can be thought of as payments to potential bidders to delay or stop unfriendly takeover attempts. critics of such payments label them greenmail.管理层为了公司不被收购而付给恶意收购者的费用(管理层为了自己的利益而付出股东利益)