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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On Thursday, the Chinese chip packaging and testing provider announced 6.5 billion yuan of private placement to fund its advanced packaging expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

That is split evenly between a private placement for Nvidia that will close alongside the IPO, and a prepaid forward contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Additionally, the company is issuing $10 billion of common equity to Berkshire Hathaway in a private placement.

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

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