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Private equity
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Private equity
hard circle
Financial services; Private equity
Prospective purchasers of securities in a public offering, listed in the ‘book’ maintained by the lead managing underwriter, who are considered very likely to actually buy shares in the offering. See ...
gun-jumping
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) The offering of a security prior to the filing of a registration statement or during the registration process, or the publication of materials deemed to promote the sale of the company’s ...
greenmail
Financial services; Private equity
Acquiring a large block of a public company’s securities and threatening a takeover, tender offer, proxy fight, or other action for the purpose of inducing the company to repurchase the securities at ...
green shoe or shoe
Financial services; Private equity
Term for an underwriter’s over-allotment option. This name derives from the fact that the over-allotment option technique was first used in a public offering of the securities of the
golden parachute
Financial services; Private equity
A contractual arrangement between a key employee and the company that provides for the payment of a large bonus or other payment to the employee upon the occurrence of certain events, such as ...
golden handcuffs
Financial services; Private equity
A method of insuring that key employees remain with the company for a certain period of time by granting the employees’ options or restricted shares of stock that vest over a period of time.
