Initial public offering

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.

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Initial public offering

The underwriter who, among other things, is in charge of organizing the syndicate, distributing member participation shares and making stabilizing transactions. The lead underwriter will appear on ...

lockup

Banking; Initial public offering

An agreed upon time between company insiders who hold stock and the underwriters as to how long those shareholders must retain their stock before selling them in the open market. It is a show of ...

magic warrant

Banking; Initial public offering

A warrant that is part of a unit offering, separately purchasable and generally traded on its own with the effective date of the offering. This type of warrant differs from traditional warrants that ...

manipulation

Banking; Initial public offering

Illegal buying or selling of a security to create the false impression that active trading exists in an effort to convince other people to buy more shares or sell the ones they own.

market capitalization

Banking; Initial public offering

A simple form of calculating the value of a company based on the amount of shares outstanding times the price of the stock. The outstanding shares include those issued to the public (float) and ...

mini-maxi

Banking; Initial public offering

A best efforts offering that gives a range as to the minimum and maximum amount of shares that are available from the offering. These offerings get no support from the underwriters of the deal. In ...