Offering date

A distribution of securities from a company. An offering can be a public offering, a private placement, or a distribution of securities otherwise exempt from the registration ...

date

Telecommunications; General telecom

An instant in the passage of time, identified with desired precision by a clock and a calendar. Note: An example of a date is 23 seconds after 3:14 PM on February 9, 1926. This ...

date

Culinary arts; Cooking

With a history stretching back over 5,000 years, this venerable fruit grows in thick clusters on the giant date palm, native to the Middle East. The name is thought to come from ...

state bank

Banking; Initial public offering

A financial institution that has been chartered by a state to provide commercial banking. A state bank is not the same as a central or reserve bank because those banks are ...

filing range

Banking; Initial public offering

The price range that the underwriter and issuer of the IPO have agreed upon as the tentative minimum and maximum levels the stock will be priced at. This can easily be modified ...

final prospectus

Banking; Initial public offering

The last prospectus to be printed which is after the deal has been officially priced and issued to the public. It contains the final missing pieces to the registration puzzle, ...

firm committment

Banking; Initial public offering

An underwriting that has the committment of the underwriter group to distribute all the shares issued as a result of the new issuance of stock. This is the top eschelon of ...

flipper

Banking; Initial public offering

A trader in the market who is in and out of stocks usually in a matter of days or in the case of new issues maybe a matter of minutes.

float

Banking; Initial public offering

The number of shares of a company that are available for trading by the public. It does not include those shares that are closely held by officers, directors and other so-called ...

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Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Human wart virus, which causes productive infections in the skin, but has also been linked to cancers of the anus, vulva, vagina and cervix in women, ...