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Initial public offering

Referring to the process of transforming a private company into a public company by selling shares of its stock to the general public for the first time on a securities exchange.

Contributors in Initial public offering

Initial public offering

syndicate bid

Banking; Initial public offering

The price that the original syndicate is willing to pay for stock in the aftermarket. Generally this is done to try and stabilize and/or support an issue. Selling stock to the syndicate may come with ...

syndicate manager

Banking; Initial public offering

The lead underwriter who, among other things, is in charge of organizing the syndicate, distributing member participation shares, and making stabilizing transactions once the new issue begins to ...

syndicate package

Banking; Initial public offering

An IPOfn fax report that is taylored to the sell side of the new issue market. 3 different segments covering and alphabetical, calendar and participating underwriters listings are included. Unlike ...

syndicated sale

Banking; Initial public offering

An underwriting that is distributed to the syndicate participants and members of the selling group.

tombstone

Banking; Initial public offering

An advertisement placed in print media, usually in the 'Wall Street Journal' that serves as an official advisory of a securities offering having been completed for a company. It lists all the ...

trade date

Banking; Initial public offering

The day a securities transaction is negotiated and executed.

tranche

Banking; Initial public offering

An allocation made to a geographic region. Traditional references are for overseas allocations through an 'international tranche' but there may be various sub-tranches to different regions around the ...

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