The process of a publicly traded company de-listing from the stock exchange, buying up all outstanding stock, and being fully, privately owned by the person running it.
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What happens to non-cooperative shareholders when a company goes private?
I own a few shares in some large publicly-traded US company. This company gets acquired and "goes private". Am I required to give up my shares in the acquisition? What if, for whatever reason, I don't want to cooperate? Are my shares still worth…
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Mechanics of taking a company private in US - Board of Directors vs shareholders
Recently the Nordstrom family announced their intent to take the Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN) company private.
If I were a tiny minority shareholder, what kind of process could I expect to see as this effort proceeds? I know eventually, if successful, I…
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What happens to option contracts during a private buyout of a public company?
Let's say I have 100 $15 call contracts for NYSE: GPS (Gap Inc) that expires sometime next year.
Hypothetically, if the company were to announce a leveraged private buyout of the remaining shares at $30/per share - what would happen to my current…
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I own ASPIRO shares (Jay Z's new company). Now that it is going private, what about my shares?
I bought shares from ASPIRO ASP.ST at $1.05/share. Now, the company is going from public back to private in a couple of days!
What does this mean for me as a public shareholder? And what can I do, because I want to keep my shares? On Tuesday the…
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How much percentage of company will I own?
I am going to start my tech company (private limited). The authorized capital of the company is $100K with 100k common shares ($1 per common share). I issued 10k common shares for me.
Later, I got an investor who wants to pay $50k for 10% of the…
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