private placement

American  

noun

Finance.

1. a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company (opposed to public offering): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Example Sentences

Alphabet will issue $10 billion of common stock to Berkshire in a private placement at a roughly 6% discount to Alphabet’s closing price on Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The private placement, set to close on Thursday, would be Momentus’s second in less than a month and third this year.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

A report from the Chicago Fed last year noted that private placement lending by life insurers in 2024 totaled $849 billion, more than double the volume of $386 billion a decade earlier.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

It doesn’t intend to increase the aggregate offering size, such that proceeds from the offering and private placement would exceed $10 billion, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The company is seeking an aggregate offering size of at least $5 billion, including $2.8 billion in gross commitments from a private placement that will be settled in tandem with the IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026