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Offering circular

Offering circular, means a document, similar to a prospectus, that provides information about a private securities offering, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1112....

Circular saw, is a machine intended for sawing wood by means of a circular blade, exceeding 300 millimetres in diameter, in a fixed or portable bench or frame, but does not include a swing or other saw which is operated by movement towards the wood, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 918, p. 552 [Agriculture (Circular Saws) Regulations 1959, reg. 2(1) (UK)]....

Circularity

The quality or state of being circular a circular form...

public offering

public offering : an offering of corporate securities to the general public or to potential purchasers whose level of knowledge or access to information about the securities is dependent upon the disclosures of the corporation compare private offering NOTE: Public offerings are subject to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 for filing a registration statement before the offering can take place. ...

Offer of shares to the public

Offer of shares to the public. Shares and debentures of limited companies, when allotted or agreed to be allotted with a view to sale to the public, must when offered to the public comply with the provision of s. 38 of the Companies Act, 1929; and see PROSPECTUS. Further, any offer in writing to any member of the public of any shares for purchase except as provided, i.e. (a) shares dealt in with permission of any recognised stock exchange in Great Britain; (b) shares allotted with a view to sale to the public; and (c) offers to persons doing regular business in the purchase or sale of shares, must comply with s. 356 of the same Act; s. 356 also absolutely prohibits 'share pushing,' i.e., any person going from house to house (not being an office used for business purposes) offering shares for subscription or purchase to the public or any member of the public...

offer

offer 1 : a proposal, promise, or other manifestation of willingness to make and fulfill a contract or to bargain under proposed terms with another party that has the power to accept it upon receiving it [denied accepting the ] see also revoke, tender offer 2 : a price named by one proposing to buy (as in a bid, bargain, or settlement) : the amount of an offer to pay money [decided the was too low] offer vb ...

private offering

private offering : the sale of an issue of securities directly by the issuer to one or a few large investors without any public offering called also private placement compare public offering NOTE: A private offering is exempt from the requirements of filing a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and distributing prospectuses to potential buyers before the sale. ...

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Offering Circular - Law Dictionary Search Results