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Two-Tier Tender Offer

An offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of a firm by purchasing a controlling interest in the firm...

Reciprocal Holdings

Mutual stockholdings that are meant to foil any takeover bids by a third party. In other words, it is a...

Virgin Shell Company

A company that is in the development state. In its business plan, the company’s aim is to merge with some...

Virgin Shell Corporation

A company that is in the development state. In its business plan, the company’s aim is to merge with some...

Virgin Shell

A company that is in the development state. In its business plan, the company’s aim is to merge with some...

Asset Stripping

The segregation and sale of selected assets of an acquired company in an attempt to realize money in order to...

Asset Redeployment

The reallocation of a firm's idle or underused assets to more productive/ profitable uses. The redeployment process involves the sale...

Back-Door Registration

A method of going public by merging with a public shell company. An unlisted company can become publicly traded through...

Stabilization

A market action that aims to protect a newly issued stock. It involves a lead underwriter intervening in the market...

Shell Company

A limited liability company and any business entity that has no significant assets or ongoing business activities/ operations. Typically, shells...