best efforts offering Definition

best efforts offering

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An underwriting in which an investment bank, acting as an agent, agrees to do its best to sell the offering to the public, but does not buy the securities outright and does not guarantee that the issuing company will receive any set amount of money. Less common than a firm commitment offering.

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