Private equity

Private equity

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pre-money or pre-money valuation

Financial services; Private equity

The valuation of a company immediately before investors put new funding into the company. Used as the basis for calculating the investors’ price per share and percentage of the equity for the new ...

premium

Financial services; Private equity

Shares of a new issue trade at a premium if their market price rises above their initial offering price.

preliminary prospectus

Financial services; Private equity

The form of prospectus used to solicit indications of interest in an issuer’s securities prior to the effectiveness of a registration statement. In the USA it contains a legend printed in red ink ...

Stock that has a ‘preference’ over common stock, including priority in receipt of dividends and upon liquidation. In some cases it also has redemption rights, preferential voting rights, and rights ...

pre-emptive right

Financial services; Private equity

The right of an investor to participate in a financing to the extent necessary to ensure that, if exercised, its percentage of ownership of the company’s securities will remain the same after the ...