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(business) A hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse.
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(finance) For the buyer of securities, whose seller fails to deliver the securities contracted for, to buy the securities from a third party and demand the difference in price from the original seller.
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(transitive) to purchase the ownership of a company
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Alternative spelling of buyout [(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.]
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(mortgage finance) A payment by a third-party to a lender to reduce some of all of the payments otherwise required, especially in first few years of the loan, thereby enhancing the apparent quality of the loan.
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(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
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The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.
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Alternative spelling of cash-back [The retail facility whereby a customer may withdraw an amount of cash when making a purchase with a credit card or debit card, the amount being added to the bill.]
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The process of buying a large stake in a corporation and then using shareholder voting rights to require the company to undertake novel measures designed to increase the share value, generally in opposition to the desires and practices of management.
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(finance) The practice of buying shares shortly before a dividend is declared and then selling them when they go ex dividend; used as an investment strategy or in tax avoidance.
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(law) The right of a majority shareholder, when selling his/her stake, to force minority shareholders to join the deal and sell their stakes according to the same terms and conditions.
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(business, finance) A formula by which the management of a company earns a share of the company's share capital by achieving results above pre-determined levels.
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(business) A poison pill giving current shareholders of the targeted company the right to purchase additional stock at a discount before a potential takeover, so that the potential acquirer risks discriminatory dilution in the target company. The threshold level therefore effectively sets a ceiling on the amount of stock that any shareholder can accumulate before launching a proxy contest.
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(transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
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An estimate of the proportion of shares of a public company that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions.
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(business) A kind of merger by which one or more shareholders who collectively hold a majority of shares in a corporation gain ownership of remaining shares in that corporation.
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Profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
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An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.
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(chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
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Alternative spelling of leveraged buyout [(business) A transaction in which a business firm, or a controlling share of a firm, is purchased using money which was borrowed by pledging all or some of the firm's assets as collateral.]
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(business) A transaction in which a business firm, or a controlling share of a firm, is purchased using money which was borrowed by pledging all or some of the firm's assets as collateral.
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The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
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(business) A response to an attempted hostile takeover of a company, in which the target company, or a 'white knight' acting on its behalf, tries to turn the situation round by acquiring all or much of the other company.
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(business) Any strategy designed to produce negative results for an entity carrying out a takeover.
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Gain or loss from an investment.
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(business) The acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the latter can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public.
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(US, business) The position of a company whose sale or breakup is imminent and whose directors' responsibility is consequently narrowed to securing the highest possible price to benefit stockholders.
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A business technique where multiple small companies in the same market are acquired and merged.
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(law) A rule in corporate law whereby a firm's shareholders have the right to vote on the remuneration of executives.
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(business) Any strategy designed to produce negative results for an entity carrying out a takeover.
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(accounting) Money that has not been hypothecated or dedicated to a particular purpose, or which is used for a different purpose than originally intended.
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(finance, used in securities brokerages and investment banking) The loan of securities by one broker to another, such as to cover a customer short sale. More commonly known as securities lending.
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(economics, UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
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(business) An investor or a company whose primary goal is to identify companies that are appealing to purchase and which in turn can then be turned around to yield a quick profit.
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(Britain) An attempt to buy a controlling share in a business.
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A type of public takeover bid in which a prospective acquirer invites all stockholders of a publicly traded corporation to tender their stock for sale at a specified price during a specified time, subject to the tendering of a minimum and maximum number of shares.
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(informal) The practice of acquiring distressed firms in the hopes of making them more profitable so as to sell them for a profit.
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(law) Shares of stock in a business that are inflated by parties colluding with the seller making inflated offers for the property that the stock represents, which are reported to potential sellers as indicative of the value of the stock.
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(business) A tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party.
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(finance) The practice of collaboratively taking over significant portions of a stock, either to influence company board decisions or to clandestinely operate as a single entity on the stock market without the knowledge of other shareholders.
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