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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
Secondary public offering
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A stock offering by a private company that had previously been a public company.
Security agreement
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A legal document stipulating which of the borrower's assets are pledged to secure the loan.
Reverse triangular merger
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The merger of the target with a subsidiary of the acquiring firm, with the target surviving.
Control premium
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The excess over the target's current share price the acquirer is willing to pay to gain a controlling interest. A pure control premium is one in which the anticipated synergies are small and the ...
Cost leadership
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A strategy designed to make a firm the cost leader in its market by constructing efficient production facilities, tightly controlling overhead expense, and eliminating marginally profitable customer ...
Contingent value rights (CVR)
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Commitments by the issuing company to pay additional cash or securities to the holder of the CVR if the share price of the issuing company falls below a specified level at some future date.
