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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Including a separate pre-IPO private placement, around 203.7 million shares were sold by both shareholders, representing 10% of SBI Funds Management’s total shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The issuance and sale of the shares will be made in a private placement, Qualcomm said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The underwritten offerings are being led by Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, with Goldman acting as the private placement agent on the Berkshire transaction.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 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

In addition to the Class A shares, Madison Air has agreed to sell $100 million of its Class B shares in a private placement to an entity controlled by the company’s billionaire founder, Larry Gies.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026