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 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

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

Corrections & Amplifications Pershing Square doesn’t intend to increase the aggregate offering size, such that proceeds from the offering and private placement would exceed $10 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Following a private placement by sister company AirAsia X, Capital A is on track to complete its financial restructuring by 2Q, clearing a major overhang, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

American Bitcoin stock plummeted 39% on Dec. 2 as major stockholders cashed out after the lock-up period on shares sold in a private placement in June expired.

From Barron's