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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
Pure play
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A firm whose products or services focus on a single industry or market. Real options Management's ability to adopt and later revise corporate investment decisions.
Retention bonuses
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Incentives granted key employees of the target firm if they remain with the combined companies for a specific period following completion of the transaction.
Pure control premium
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The value the acquirer believes can be created by replacing incompetent management or changing the strategic direction of the firm.
Reverse LBOS
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Public companies that are taken private and later are taken public again. The second effort to take the firm public is called a secondary public offering.
Revenue ruling
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
An official interpretation by the IRS of the Internal Revenue Code, related statutes, tax treaties, and regulations.
Receivership
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Court appointment of an individual to administer the assets and affairs of a business in accordance with its directives.
Reverse merger
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Process by which a private firm goes public by merging with a public firm, with the public firm surviving.
