buy-outs
Company ownership transfers
Buy-outs are transactions in which one party purchases a controlling interest in a company, property, or position from another.
A management buy-out occurs when executives purchase the company they work for.
A leveraged buy-out uses borrowed money to finance the acquisition.
Buy-out can also mean paying someone to relinquish a contract or claim: The team negotiated a buy-out of his remaining years.
Act of obtaining something
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- mergerCorporate combination
- dealAgreement or distribution
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
transaction · consolidation · integration · restructuring · divestiture · privatization · recapitalization · delisting
Selling assets for cash
- sell-offRapid mass divestiture
- disposalAct of throwing away
- spin-offDerivative from a parent
- divestitureDisposal of assets
succession · handover · secondary · IPO · wind-down · harvest · realization · distribution
Employed for advantage
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- debtMoney owed another
- capitalWealth used for investment
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
mezzanine · collateral · leverage · capitalization · refinancing · syndication · loan · borrowing
Aggressively unfriendly
- friendlyShowing kindness, warmth
- white-knightBenevolent rescuer of companies
- greenmailPremium buyback from raider
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
purchase · transaction · consolidation · integration · restructuring · divestiture · privatization · recapitalization · delisting · bid
liquidation
Selling assets for cash
divestiture · succession · handover · secondary · IPO · wind-down · harvest · realization · distribution · payout
leveraged
Employed for advantage
funding · mezzanine · collateral · leverage · capitalization · refinancing · syndication · loan · borrowing · returns
hostile
Aggressively unfriendly
- friendlyShowing kindness, warmth
- white-knightBenevolent rescuer of companies
- greenmailPremium buyback from raider
creeping · standstill · lockup · antitrust
management
Organizing and directing resources
- employeeHired organizational member
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- founderOne who begins something
partner · investor · owner · majority · minority · stake · shares · ownership · ESOP · LBO
buy-outssell-offs
Mass rapid asset disposals
divestitures · spin-offs · carve-outs · disposals · asset sales
buy-outsdissolutions
Acts of formally ending
liquidations · closures · shutdowns · bankruptcies · insolvencies