Initial public offering

Initial public offering

Referring to the process of transforming a private company into a public company by selling shares of its stock to the general public for the first time on a securities exchange.

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Co-manager

Banking; Initial public offering

Underwriters that appear on the cover of a prospectus and help the lead manager with the distribution of the offering but do not make the final decisions.

Come public

Banking; Initial public offering

The process of taking a private company (where the shares are in private hands) and converting the ownership to the public's hands (where the shares are in the hands of public investors). This is ...

Allocation

Banking; Initial public offering

A specific amount of stock in a new issue that is given to the client from the offering.

Alphabetical listing

Banking; Initial public offering

One of the IPOfn Money Managers/Traders Package reports that lists all the IPOs and secondarys that are in the pipeline to be priced on an alphabetical basis.

Amendment

Banking; Initial public offering

An additional registration document that is filed by the company with the SEC that has additional information regarding the proposed offering for that company.

Ask

Banking; Initial public offering

Also referred to as the offer. It represents the price at which someone is willing to sell their stock on a market order.

Common stock

Banking; Initial public offering

A unit of ownership in a public company for which the holder can vote on matters and receive dividends from the company's growth, but he or she is the last to receive assets if the company ...