going private
Exiting public trading
Going private describes a publicly traded company's transition to private ownership, typically when investors purchase all outstanding shares and delist from stock exchanges.
This often happens through buyouts by private equity firms or company founders seeking to escape quarterly earnings pressure and regulatory scrutiny: The CEO led a group of investors in taking the company private.
The reverse process is going public.
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- management buyoutStaff acquires their company
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
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- business movesmerger, acquisition, layoffs, restructuring, expansion
- financial eventsmerger, acquisition, IPO, bankruptcy, takeover
- BuyoutsLBO, management buyout, buyout, hostile takeover, friendly takeover
- corporate dealsmerger, acquisition, takeover, buyout, divestiture
- exit strategiesIPO, acquisition, merger, buyout, liquidation
- stock actionsstock split, reverse split, stock dividend, dividend, merger
going privategoing public
Launching a stock offering
IPO · initial public offering · floating · listing · public offering
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