Warrant

Warrant

A company issued certificate that represents an option to buy a certain number of stock shares at a specific price before a predetermined date. Having a value of its own, it can be traded on the open market.

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Industry/Domain: Banking
Category: Initial public offering
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warrant

Banking; Investment banking

(1) Warehouse or pledge receipt. In some countries these have the characteristics of securities. (2) Securities underwriting: short for subscription warrant.

warrant

Legal services; Courts

Most commonly, a court order authorizing law enforcement officers to make an arrest or conduct a search. An application seeking a warrant must be accompanied by an affidavit which ...

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Financial services; Commodity exchange

An issuer-based product that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (in the case of a call) or to sell (in the case of a put) a stock or a commodity at a set ...

warrant

Financial services; Private equity

Another word for an option to purchase a security. The term is generally used for options that are transferable and are sold to outside investors (as distinct from officers, ...

warrant

Financial services; Stocks & securities

In finance, a warrant is a security that entitles the holder to buy the underlying stock of the issuing company at a fixed exercise price until the expiry date.

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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