Private equity

Private equity

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Registration rights

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) The contractual right of a stockholder to participate in the registration of the issuer's stock for resale in the public market. See 'Demand Registration Rights' and 'Piggy-back Registration ...

Registration

Financial services; Private equity

The process of filing the necessary documentation with the appropriate authorities for an offering of securities to the public, and having this registration approved or declared effective. In Europe, ...

Quick ratio

Financial services; Private equity

A measure of a company's liquidity, used to evaluate creditworthiness. Equals current assets divided by current liabilities. Also called 'acid-test ratio.'

Qualified institutional yuyer (QIB)

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) Generally, entities that in the aggregate own and invest on a discretionary basis at least $100 million in securities of non-affiliated issuers. Offerings to QIBs under Rule 144A are exempt ...

Redemption

Financial services; Private equity

Repurchase by a company of its securities from an investor. Often required for preferred stock in a venture capital financing.

Ratchet

Financial services; Private equity

A mechanism whereby founders and management are able to recover a portion of their equity diluted by a down round upon the achievement of certain targets on an exit.