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Piggy-back registration rights

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) Contractual rights granted to security holders, giving them the right to have their holdings included in a registration statement if and when the issuer files a registration statement. See ...

Penny stock

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A stock that trades for less than $1.00 per share. Because they are assumed to be especially volatile, penny stocks are subject to heightened regulation. In the UK, the term 'penny share' ...

Payment in kind (PIK)

Financial services; Private equity

A feature of a security permitting the issuer to pay dividends or interest in the form of additional securities of the same class.

A shorthand reference to Wall Street or to the consensus opinion of the financial community generally. Often in the form 'The Street likes...' or 'The Street doesn't like...'. In the UK, 'The City' ...

Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500)

Financial services; Private equity

A market-value weighted index of the 500 largest stocks in the USA markets that is maintained by Standard & Poor Corporation. Generally considered to be a benchmark of the overall USA stock market. ...

Underwriter’s warrants

Financial services; Private equity

Warrants sometimes granted to underwriters as a form of additional compensation in a public offering, typically in a smaller, higher risk offering.

UK listing authority

Financial services; Private equity

The FSA in its function as competent authority in the UK and regulator of companies whose securities are traded on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange. See 'Financial Services Authority'.