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Abridged Prospectus

A type of prospectus that consists of all the salient feature of a prospectus. It constitutes a shorter version of...

Alternative Public Offering

Any of the alternative methods for companies looking to become public without an underwriter.  There are other methods of going...

Allocation

The number of shares that the underwriter in an initial public offer (IPO) decides to offer to the public in...

APO

An abbreviation for alternative public offering; any of the alternative methods for companies looking to become public without an underwriter. ...

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...

Takedown Off The Shelf

The process of making a shelf-registered public offering (of securities) active and running. In other words, such an offering is...

Takedown of Securities

The process of making a shelf-registered public offering (of securities) active and running. In other words, such an offering is...

Takedown

The process of making a shelf-registered public offering (of securities) active and running. In other words, such an offering is...