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management buyout

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noun

  1.  MBO.  the purchase of a company by its managers, usually with outside backing from a bank or other institution

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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B. Riley provided $600 million through debt it raised to finance a $2.8-billion management buyout led by Kahn in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

On Monday, Gunvor said the management buyout was first conceived at an all-hands retreat in Morocco in 2022, but had been accelerated “to establish a definitive reset and path forward.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

If SAP exits, local staff could be left to deal with potential legal repercussions which is why a management buyout is the preferred solution from the company's perspective, two sources said.

From Reuters Oct. 24, 2022

It closed its last Scottish factory in Broxburn in 1987and there was a £54.6m management buyout in 1995 before the company was acquired by Bridgepoint Capital in 2000 for £156m.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2022

The firm, which has deep retail expertise, previously tried to lead a management buyout of Nordstrom.

From New York Times Feb. 10, 2022

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