Created by: kirb
Number of Blossarys: 2
The amount of common stock of a public company that is actually available for active trading in the public market. The calculation of a company's public float normally excludes securities held by ...
Act on an acquisition. Usually used in reference to the signing of an LOI rather than the closing of a deal as in "He finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition."
A merger accounting treatment whereby a buyer purchases the assets (and liability obligations) of a company at their market price and then records the difference between the purchase price and the ...
The price paid by the initial holder of a security to the company that issued the security. For preferred stock, the liquidation preference is generally equal to the purchase price plus any unpaid ...
The right (but not the obligation) of a security holder to force someone else to purchase the put holder's securities at a designated time (e.g., five years after the security is purchased) or upon a ...
A public offering of securities valued at or above a total amount specified in a financing agreement. This amount is usually specified to be sufficiently large to guarantee that the IPO shares will ...
Stock of qualifying domestic C corporations as defined under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code. To qualify, a corporation's gross assets cannot exceed $50 million (on a tax basis), and at ...