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 (public offering ): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Example Sentences

The deal ranks among the largest private placement deals ever, no small feat given the turmoil in the V.C. and banking sectors.

From New York Times

The deal would have been financed with a private placement from investors of roughly $1.2 billion, and the company had aimed to list by October, according to the sources.

From Reuters

The parties agreed to allow investors in a private placement that was put together to help pay for the deal to redeem their money.

From New York Times

The company also sold around 1.43 million shares of its Class A common stock at the IPO price in a private placement to existing shareholders.

From Reuters

SentinelOne said it also sold around 1.43 million shares of its Class A common stock in a private placement concurrent to the public offering to certain existing shareholders at the IPO price.

From Reuters