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Private equity
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Private equity
Strike price
Financial services; Private equity
The stated price per share for which the underlying security may be purchased (calls) or sold (puts) by the optionee upon the exercise of the optionee.
Spread
Financial services; Private equity
The difference between the current bid and the current ask (in over-the-counter trading) or offered (in exchange trading) of a given security; also called 'bid/ask spread'. More generally, the ...
Sponsor
Financial services; Private equity
In the UK, this term refers to the sponsor to an issuer on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange.
Street name
Financial services; Private equity
A term used to refer to securities beneficially owned by individual investors, but registered in the name of a nominee of a securities or brokerage firm such as Cede & Co., which are then allocated ...
Stop order
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) An order issued by the SEC suspending the order of effectiveness of a registration statement because of misstatements in the registration statement or other improper activities by an issuer or ...
Shelf registration
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) A registration statement that covers securities that are not to be sold in a single offering immediately upon effectiveness, but rather are proposed to be sold over a period of time or on a ...
Shark repellent
Financial services; Private equity
Defence mechanisms or tactics designed to discourage undesired takeover bids. See 'Anti-Takeover Provisions', 'Blank Cheque Preferred Stock', 'Poison Pill,' and 'Staggered Board of Directors'.
