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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
Liquidity discount
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The discount or reduction in the offer price for the target firm made by discounting the value of the target firm estimated by examining the market values of comparable publicly traded firms to ...
Leveraged loans
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Unrated or noninvestment-grade bank loans whose interest rates are equal to or greater than the London Inter Bank Rate plus 150 basis points.
Legal form of the selling entity
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Whether the seller is a C or Subchapter S corporation,a limited liability company, or a partnership.
Liquidating dividend
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Proceeds left to shareholders after a company is liquidated and outstanding obligations to creditors are paid off.
Letter of intent
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Preliminary agreement between two companies intending to merge that stipulates major areas of agreement between the parties.
Liquidation
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The value of a firm's assets sold separately less its liabilities and expenses incurred in breaking up the firm.
Legal insolvency
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
When a firm's liabilities exceed the fair market value of its assets.
