Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Buyout

n. The purchase of all or a controlling percentage of the assets or shares of a business. - buy out, ub. Cf. MERGER (7).

leveraged buyout

The purchase of a publicly held corporation's outstanding stock by its management or outside investors, financed mainly with funds borrowed from investment bankers or brokers and usu. secured by the corporation's assets. - Abbr. LBO.

management buyout

1. A buyout of a corporation by its own directors and officers. 2.A leveraged buyout of a corporation by an outside entity in which the corporation's management has a material financial interest. - Abbr. MBO. See GOING PRIVATE.