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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.

Contributors in Initial public offering

Initial public offering

Manipulation

Banking; Initial public offering

Illegal buying or selling of a security to create the false impression that active trading exists in an effort to convince other people to buy more shares or sell the ones they own.

Insiders

Banking; Initial public offering

Those shareholders that own stock prior to the IPO. This group includes officers, directors, employees and pre-IPO investors both individual and corporate.

Issue bid

Banking; Initial public offering

A reference to what the price of the offering is trading at when the stock bid price in the aftermarket is the same as the IPO price.

Issue offer

Banking; Initial public offering

A reference to what the price of the offering is trading at when the stock offer price in the aftermarket is the same as the IPO price.

Issue price

Banking; Initial public offering

The price at which a new security will be sold to the public.

Offering date

Banking; Initial public offering

The first day a security is publicly offered for sale.

Offering price

Banking; Initial public offering

The price for which a new security issue will be sold to the public.

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