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Mergers & acquisitions
Referring to the aspect of corporate strategy, finance and management that deals with the buying, selling or combining of different companies that can assist a growing company to grow rapidly without having to create another business entity.
Industry: Banking; Business services
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Mergers & acquisitions
assignment
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The process through which a committee representing creditors grants the power to liquidate a firm’s assets to a third party, called an assignee or trustee.
asymmetric information
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Information about a firm that is not equally available to both managers and shareholders.
automatic stay
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The requirement for a period of time following the submission of a petition for bankruptcy in which all judgments, collection activities, foreclosures, and repossessions of property are suspended and ...
back-end merger
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The merger following either a single-or two-tier tender offer consisting of either a long-form or short-form merger, with the latter not requiring a target firm shareholder vote.
bankruptcy
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A federal legal proceeding designed to protect the technically or legally insolvent firm from lawsuits by its creditors until a decision can be made to shut down or continue to operate the firm.
bear hug
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A takeover tactic involving the mailing of a letter containing an acquisition proposal to the board of directors of a target company without prior warning and demanding a rapid decision.
beta
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
A measure of nondiversifiable risk or the extent to which a firm’s (or asset’s) return changes because of a change in the market’s return.
