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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A merger with public shell companies. Shell mergers are typically reverse mergers effected with a publicly held company that has...

For an offering, it is a document that is delivered, along with a base prospectus (core prospectus), to investors, in...