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Secondary Common Stock Offering

An offering (secondary offering) of common stock that a company had issued in the past (by means of an initial...

Underwriter Discount

The fee that an underwriter earns from underwriting a security (e.g., equity offering). The underwriter discount is the difference between...

Gross Spread

The fee that an underwriter earns from underwriting a security (e.g., equity offering). The gross spread is the difference between...

Clean Shell

A shell company that has no liabilities or other claims against it as perceived by an operating business contemplating merging...

Cash-and-Carry Shell

A shell company that is offered for sale in return for cash. Usually, this is the case when the owners...

Cram-Down Deal

In the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) or leveraged buyouts (LBOs), it is a deal in which a party...

Cooling-Off Period

A period of time between the filing of a preliminary prospectus (registration statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

Cold Initial Public Offering

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

Cold IPO

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

Co-Underwriter

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