Private equity

Private equity

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Lock-up agreement

Financial services; Private equity

Agreement between an underwriter and certain stockholders of a company requiring the stockholders to refrain from selling their shares in the public market for a specified period after a public ...

Living dead

Financial services; Private equity

A company that performs just well enough to stay in existence but not well enough to generate any return for its investors.

Long form report

Financial services; Private equity

In the UK, a report jointly commissioned by the issuer and the sponsor that is customarily undertaken by the issuer's accountants/auditors and reports extensively on the accounting, financial, ...

Leveraged recapitalisation

Financial services; Private equity

Transaction in which a company borrows a large sum of money and distributes it to its shareholders.

Leveraged buy-out fund (LBO Fund)

Financial services; Private equity

An investment fund or company focusing on financing leveraged buyouts.

Information rights

Financial services; Private equity

The contractual right to obtain information about a company, including, for example, attending board meetings. Typically received by venture capitalists investing in privately held companies.

Management buy-out (MBO)

Financial services; Private equity

A transaction in which the current operating managers of an existing company and the investors purchase that company or a business activity or range of products of that company.