corporate finance a stock swap is the exchange of one equity-based asset for another, where, during the merger or acquisition, the swap provides an opportunity...
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the "floating leg". The other leg of the swap is based on the performance of either a share of stock or a stock market index. This leg is commonly referred...
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In finance, a swap is an agreement between two counterparties to exchange financial instruments, cashflows, or payments for a certain time. The instruments...
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the swap ratio is an exchange rate of the shares of the companies that undergo a merger; see Stock swap and Mergers and acquisitions § Stock. The swap ratio...
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Preferred stock (also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds) is a component of share capital that may have any combination...
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concerns. In December 2012, ICE had proposed to buy NYSE Euronext in a stock swap with a valuation of $8 billion. NYSE Euronext shareholders would receive...
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Par value (redirect from Par-value stock)
where stock issuance prices must usually be published. The par value of stock remains unchanged in a bonus stock issue but it changes in a stock split...
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Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security. The terms voting share and ordinary share are also used frequently outside of...
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Shareholder rights plan (section Preferred stock plan)
company buys a number of smaller companies using a stock swap, diluting the value of the target's stock. Classified boards with staggered elections for the...
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Convertible bond (redirect from Convertible debenture stock)
while being short the underlying stock. Buying the convertible while selling the stock is often referred to as being "on swap". Hedged investors would modulate...
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