Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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lockup option

A defense against a corporate takeover, in which a friendly party is entitled to buy parts of a corporation for a set price when a person or group acquires a certain percentage of the corporation's shares. ( An agreement of this kind may be illegal, to the extent it is not undertaken to serve the best interests of the shareholders. - Often shortened to lockup.