Private equity

Private equity

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placement agent

Financial services; Private equity

A person or entity that acts as an agent for the issuer in privately placing securities, typically a broker/dealer.

(USA) Pinksheets LLC is a privately owned company based in New York that provides broker/dealers, issuers, and investors with electronic and print products and information (including quotes) relating ...

piggy-back registration rights

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) Contractual rights granted to security holders, giving them the right to have their holdings included in a registration statement if and when the issuer files a registration statement. See ...

penny stock

Financial services; Private equity

(USA) A stock that trades for less than $1.00 per share. Because they are assumed to be especially volatile, penny stocks are subject to heightened regulation. In the UK, the term ‘penny share’ ...

payment in kind (PIK)

Financial services; Private equity

A feature of a security permitting the issuer to pay dividends or interest in the form of additional securities of the same class.

pay to play

Financial services; Private equity

A provision in venture financing documents that states that if one of the venture investors declines to participate in a later financing round up to its pro rata ownership share of the company, it ...