Private equity

Private equity

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Prospectus

Financial services; Private equity

A document that must be delivered to recipients of offers to sell securities and to purchasers of securities in a public offering and that contains a detailed description of the issuer's business. In ...

Power of attorney

Financial services; Private equity

A legal document that enables one person to legally act on behalf of another person.

Pooling of interests accounting

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A method of accounting for a business combination permitted in the USA prior to July 2001, in which the assets and liabilities of the combining companies were added together at historical cost, ...

Poison pill

Financial services; Private equity

The most famous anti-takeover device. It normally takes the form of granting existing stockholders (other than stockholders who acquire more than a certain percentage of the company) the option ...

Preferred stock

Financial services; Private equity

Stock that has a 'preference' over common stock, including priority in receipt of dividends and upon liquidation. In some cases it also has redemption rights, preferential voting rights, and rights ...

Pre-emptive right

Financial services; Private equity

The right of an investor to participate in a financing to the extent necessary to ensure that, if exercised, its percentage of ownership of the company's securities will remain the same after the ...

Prospectus directive

Financial services; Private equity

A directive of the European Commission requiring the implementation into the national law of all member states of the European Union of a set of common standards for securities prospectuses. A key ...