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Record 1 1991-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
OBS

in Longman Guardian New Words, 1986

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
DEF

Technique anti-OPA qui consiste à racheter la part de l'attaquant à un prix bien supérieur au cours de la bourse, défavorisant ainsi les autres actionnaires.

CONT

L'objectif serait dont de faire du "greenmail" : acheter une part du capital, faire pression sur la société et l'embêter jusqu'à ce que la direction trouve un partenaire qui accepte de racheter le bloc de titres au prix fort pour la débarrasser de l'intrus. (Libération, 05.05.1989, p. 13)

OBS

Anglicisme, jeu de mots sur blackmail, chantage, et green-back, "billet vert", "dollar", soit "chantage au billet vert", proposé par D. Nora, Les Possédés de Wall Street, 1987).

Spanish

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