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Over-Allotment Option

A provision in an initial public offering (IPO) underwriting agreement which entitles the underwriters to purchase more shares than specified...

Operating Economies

The efficiency gains or synergies that are attained in horizontal mergers or vertical mergers. It reflects the value realized from...

Comparable Multiple

A study of similar publicly traded companies that is conducted by an investment bank for the purpose of specifying the...

Co-Manager

A secondary underwriter that is involved, along with other underwriters, in an initial public offering (IPO). An issuer may hire...

Second Round

The intermediate stage of venture capital financing that follows the seed funding and first round stages and precedes the mezzanine...

Sticky Deal

An initial public offering (IPO) issue/ deal that the underwriter cannot sell easily. IPO deals become sticky when the issuer...

SEO

An abbreviation for seasoned equity offering or secondary equity offering; an equity issue by a firm that already has common...

Green Shoe

A provision in an initial public offering (IPO) underwriting agreement which entitles the underwriters to purchase more shares than specified...

Grandfathered Shell

A shell company or a blank check which was crated and taken public prior to the passage of Rule 419...

General Solicitation

An act of seeking interest from the broad public (public investors) for an offering (public offering) through mass communication (advertising,...