A public offering of securities whereby the underwriter pledges to purchase all securities offered by a company at a special...

In the United States, it is a company which is required to file periodic and current reports with the relevant...

A stock split by which each share of a company's stock is increased on a pro rata basis among all...

In modern British parlance, it is an investment bank. However, a merchant bank initiated hundreds of years back as a...

The members of an underwriting syndicate/ group (a list of underwriters) which plays a moderately important role (i.e., constituting the...

A development stage company that states in its prospectus the industry in which capital will be invested, such as commercial...

The process of marketing shares to, and gathering orders from, institutional investors in an equity market initial public offering (IPO)....

A large amount of money that is usually stipulated in a takeover agreement to be paid by a company to...

A public shell company that has been formed either through issuance of shares following a bankruptcy (these shares are publicly...

An initial public offering (IPO) in which the issuing company doesn't disclose how it will use the offering proceeds. That...