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poison pill

poison pill : a financial tactic or provision used by a company to make an unwanted takeover prohibitively expensive or less desirable

pool

a common form or effort ;esp : to combine (interests) so as not to have a merger of companies considered a purchase for accounting purposes

principal applicant

principal applicant The person named in the petition. For example, an American citizen may file a petition for his married daughter to immigrate to the United States. His daughter will be the principal applicant, and her...

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private mortgage insurance (pmi)

agency, such as the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or the Veterans Administration (VA), or through private mortgage insurance companies (PMI). Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

target

target : the object to be affected or achieved by an action or development ;specif : a company that is the object of a takeover

prospectus

prospectus pl: -tus·es [-tə-səz] : a preliminary printed statement describing a business or other enterprise and distributed to prospective buyers, investors, or participants ;specif : a description of a new security issue supplied to prospective purchasers...

public utility

public utility : a business organization (as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special government regulation

receiver's certificate

receiver's certificate : a debt instrument that is issued by the receiver of a corporation and that may have priority over other liens against the company

restructure

restructure -tured -tur·ing vt : to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of [ a corporation] [companies trying to their debt "Claudia MacLachlan"] vi : to restructure something

retrocession

retrocession [French rétrocession, from Medieval Latin retrocessio retreat, from Late Latin, act of going back, from Latin retrocedere to go back] 1 : the return of title to property to its former or true owner ;specif...

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