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...
A type of prospectus that does not necessarily contain specific information about the potential issue/ offering (or a firm being...