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Short-Term Registration Rights

A type of registration rights that allow investors to register their shares in a streamlined registration process (by using form...

Tainted Asset

In the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), it is an asset found to be "tainted", as a result of...

Junior Specified Purpose Acquisition Company

A form of specified purpose acquisition company (SPAC) whereby a blank check company would raise a minimal amount of funds...

Primary Offering

The first-time issuance of stock (or broadly a security) by a private company (privately held company/ corporation) for public subscription....

Annual Percentage Yield

The total income that an investment earns on an annual basis, expressed as a percentage. It is the total earnings/...

APY

It stands for annual percentage yield; the total income that an investment earns on an annual basis, expressed as a...

Gun Jumping

The intentional attraction of interest in an initial public offering (IPO) before an issuing company files a registration statement. Companies...

Hot Market

A market where the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) that were introduced in a given month is large, after...

Hot IPO

An initial public offering (IPO) that is introduced in a favorable environment- i.e., in a hot market. A hot market,...

Horizontal Merger

A merger that results from the combination of competitors within the same geographic market. In a broader sense, a horizontal...