Buyout
Investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company is acquired / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Breaking Bad episode, see Buyout (Breaking Bad).
In finance, a buyout is an investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company, or a majority share of the capital stock of the company is acquired. The acquiror thereby "buys out" the present equity holders of the target company. A buyout will often include the purchasing of the target company's outstanding debt, which is referred to as "assumed debt" by the purchaser.
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