Mergers & Acquisitions Terms and Definitions
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absorbed
acquirer
acquisition
affiliate
agglomeration
amalgamation
anti-takeover measure
anti-takeover statute
any-and-all bid
asset acquisition
asset stripper
associate company
backdoor listing
backward integration
bankmail
bear hug
bear raid
black knight
blitzkrieg tender offer
board-out clause
breakup fee
breakup value
bulk sales escrow
bulk transfer
bust-up takeover
busted takeover
buy, strip and flip
buyout
change of control
club deal
coinsurance effect
commission recapture
conglomerate merger
consolidation
consolidation phase
controlled company
corporate finance
cost synergy
cram-down deal
creeping takeover
creeping tender offer
dawn raid
dead hand provision
dead hand provision on poison pill
deal date
deal stock
demerger
dilutive acquisition
dividends-received deduction
drag-along right
earnout
earnup
enterprise value
envy ratio
equity method
exchange ratio
exit p/e ratio
fairness opinion
fall out of bed
financial buyer
financial sponsor
floating security
Form 8-K
forward triangular merger
friendly takeover
garbatrage
Godfather Offer
golden parachute
gray knight
greenmail
highjacking
highly confident letter
horizontal acquisition
horizontal integration
horizontal merger
hostile bid
hostile leveraged buyout
hostile takeover
hostile tender offer
in play
in-process research and development
Jonestown defense
killer bee
Lady Macbeth Strategy
LBO
letter of intent
Leveraged Buyout
leveraged recapitalization
lobster trap
lock-up option
macaroni defense
management buyin
material adverse change (MAC)
merger
merger securities
mergers and acquisitions
mezzanine debt
Michael Milken
mini-tender offer
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
negative goodwill
pension parachute
people pill
PMV
poison pill
poison put
pooling of interests
premium raid
Private Market Value
proxy contest
proxy fight
purchase acquisition
purchase method
qualifying transaction
radar alert
raider
restricted
reverse acquisition
reverse leveraged buyout
reverse merger
Reverse Takeover
Revlon rule
RTO
rumortrage
sandbag
scorched-earth policy
self tender defense
shark repellent
staggered board of directors
standstill agreement
staple financing
statutory consolidation
statutory merger
stock swap
stock-for-asset reorganization
stock-for-stock
stock-for-stock reorganization
strategic alliance
strategic buyer
strategic buyout
street sweep
style drift
suicide pill
swap ratio
take-out merger
takeout value
takeover
takeover artist
takeover bid
takeover ratio
takeover stock
takeover target
takeunder
target
target company
targeted repurchase
tax free acquisition
taxable acquisition
tender
tender offer
toehold purchase
two-tier bid
type B reorganization
type C reorganization
type D reorganization
vertical acquisition
vertical merger
war chest
whisper stock
white knight
white squire
whitemail
whitewash resolution
working capital initiative
zombie
