stock swap
1Stock Swap — The exchange of one asset for another. A stock swap occurs when shareholders ownership of the target company s shares are exchanged for shares of the acquiring company as part of a merger or acquisition. During a stock swap, each company s shares …
2Stock swap — A stock swap, also known as a share swap, is a business takeover or acquisition in which the acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company. Each shareholder of the newly acquired company receives a certain number of shares… …
3stock-swap merger — UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► STOCK MERGER(Cf. ↑stock merger) …
4stock swap — n. 1) acquisition of a company in which payment consists of stock in the buying company 2) a means of exercising stock options in which shares already owned are traded for a greater number of shares at the exercise price …
5Result of Stock Swap — The transaction was reported as a result of a stock swap or stock switch (one report is required for each line of stock swapped or switched). London Stock Exchange Glossary …
6result of stock swap — The transaction was reported as a result of a stock swap or stock switch (one report is required for each line of stock swapped or switched). London Stock Exchange Glossary …
7stock merger — ➔ merger * * * stock merger UK US noun [C] (also stock swap merger) STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► an occasion when two or more companies join together and the shareholders of one company receive shares in the other company or companies rather than… …
8swap — A contract to buy and sell currencies with spot ( cash and carry) or forward contracts. The contract provides for the buying and selling to occur at different times; thus, each party acquires a currency it needs for a predetermined period of time …
9Swap — An arrangement whereby two companies lend to each other on different terms, e.g. in different currencies, and/or at different interest rates, fixed or floating. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. swap swap 1 [swɒp ǁ swɑːp] also swop …
10stock index swap — A swap involving a stock index. The other asset involved in a stock index swap can be another stock index (a stock for stock swap), a debt index (a debt for stock swap), or any other financial asset or financial price index . Bloomberg Financial… …
