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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
syndicate
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
An arrangement in which a group of investment banks agrees to purchase a new issue of securities from the acquiring company for sale to the investing public.
synergy
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The notion that the value of the combined enterprises will exceed the sum of their individual values.
takeover
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Generic term referring to a change in the controlling ownership interest of a corporation.
takeover defenses
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Protective devices put in place by a firm to frustrate, slow down, or raise the cost of a takeover.
target company
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
The firm that is being solicited by the acquiring company.
taxable transaction
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Transactions in which the form of payment is primarily something other than acquiring company stock.
tax considerations
Banking; Mergers & acquisitions
Structures and strategies determining whether a transaction is taxable or nontaxable to the seller’s shareholders.
