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Liquidity

April 2024

Leveraged buyout (LBO)

A leveraged buyout (LBO) is a type of M&A exit strategy. The buyer uses debt as leverage to finance a substantial...

Learn how to model exit scenarios using waterfall analysis. Waterfalls help investors predict how shareholders would be...

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December 2023

Business exit strategies

An exit strategy outlines how and when a founder, CEO, or investor plans to liquidate a company. Learn more about IPOs,...

Learn about tender offers, the tendering process, and how tenders work for private and public companies. Get all the...

Secondary block transactions allow investors to buy or sell shares outside company-sponsored transactions. Learn how...

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December 2023

IPO readiness

This IPO readiness guide includes a checklist and timeline for pre-IPO companies that are in the process of...

Liquidity events allow shareholders to turn illiquid equity into cash. Learn more about IPOs, M&As, tender offers, and...

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Liquidity

August 2023

Liquidation preferences

We cover both standard and non-standard terms for each of the various rights and liquidation preferences, and how they...

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Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)

Liquidity

June 2023

Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)

Learn what a SPAC is, how the deal process works, and how a special purpose acquisition company merger differs from a...

Did you receive Form 1099-B from your broker-dealer? Learn more about Form 1099-B and who receives it in this...

Understand the function of the private secondary market and how companies can benefit from secondary liquidity and...

Navigating the decision requires founders to understand the dynamics of the most common M&A deal structures and...

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