A buyout is the acquisition of a controlling interest in a company and is used as a synonym for the term “acquisition”.
If a block of shares is bought by the firm’s management, this is called a management buyout, and if high levels of debt are used to finance the buyout, this is called a leveraged buyout.
A buyout often occurs when a company goes private.
Acquisition premium is the difference between the estimated real value of a company and the actual price paid for its acquisition in an M&A transaction.
Performance Based Management (ABM) is a means of analyzing a company’s profitability by looking at every aspect of its business to determine its strengths and weaknesses.
Back integration is when a company expands its role to perform tasks that were previously performed by enterprises located higher up in the supply chain.
Share capital is the number of ordinary and preferred shares that the company has the right to issue and which are accounted for on the balance sheet as part of share capital.
As a result of the spin-off, the parent company sells a portion of its shares in its subsidiary to the public through an initial public offering (IPO), effectively turning the subsidiary into a stand-alone company.