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Mergers & acquisitions
Referring to the aspect of corporate strategy, finance and management that deals with the buying, selling or combining of different companies that can assist a growing company to grow rapidly without having to create another business entity.
Industry: Banking; Business services
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Mergers & acquisitions
One-tiered offer
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A bidder announces the same offer to all target shareholders.
Subsidiary carve-out
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A transaction in which the parent creates a wholly-owned independent legal subsidiary, with stock and a management team different from the parent's, and issues a portion of the subsidiary's stock to ...
Stock-for-stock statutory merger
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A merger in which the seller receives acquirer shares in exchange for its shares (with the seller shares subsequently canceled); also called a stock swap merger.
Standstill agreement
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A contractual arrangement in which the acquirer agrees not to make any further investments in the target's stock for a stipulated period.
Statutory merger
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The combination of the acquiring and target firms, in which one firm ceases to exist, in accordance with the statutes of the state in which the combined businesses will be incorporated.
Stand-alone business
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
One whose financial statements reflect all the costs of running the business and all the revenues generated by the business.
Strategic buyer
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
An acquirer primarily interested in increasing shareholder value by realising long-term synergies.
