Mergers & acquisitions

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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Corporate charters

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

A state licence defining the powers of the firm and the rights and responsibilities of its shareholders, board of directors, and managers. The charter consists of articles of incorporation and a ...

Corporate restructuring

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

Actions taken to expand or contract a firm's basic operations or fundamentally change its asset or financial structure.

Constant-growth model

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

A valuation method that assumes that cash flow will grow at a constant rate.

Corporate bylaws

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

Rules governing the internal management of the corporation that are determined by the corporation's founders.

Corporate governance

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

The systems and controls in place to protect the rights of corporate stakeholders.

Fixed or constant share-exchange agreement

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

An exchange agreement in which the number of acquirer shares exchanged for each target share is unchanged between the signing of the agreement of purchase and sale and closing.

Flip-over poison pill

Banking; Mergers & acquisitions

A shareholders' rights plan in which target firm shareholders may convert such rights to acquire stock of the surviving company at a substantial discount.