BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Buyout
- the purchase and takeover of an ongoing business. It is more formally known as an acquisition (see merger). If a business is purchased by managers or staff, it is known as a management buy-out.
- the purchase of somebody else's entire stock ownership in a firm. It is more formally known as an acquisition (see merger).
- an option to transfer benefits of a pension plan on leaving a company
Wiktionary Definition for: Buyout
- economics The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
Additional Resources
- FDIC Set to Open Bank Gates to Buyout Barbarians?
- The FDIC today is expected to issue rules for private equity investors interested in buying banks. Here's why that matters: Buyout firms are sitting on an estimated $1 trillion, and banks desperately need some of it. Apart from additional public financing, private investors are the best best...
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- TXU Buyout â€" Private Equity Funds Paint Themselves Green
- A New York Times story this morning is full of gushing praise from environmentalists for the promise by private equity funds Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and the Texas Pacific Group for promising to scrap plans for eight coal-fired plants at Texas utility TXU Corporation which they are proposing to...
- Blog posts 2007-02-25
- Rusty rails in Senate get greased.(United States. Food and Drug Administration regulations on tobacco buyout plan)(Brief Article)
- The slow-going Senate approved a tobacco buyout plan and made progress on spending bills. * The Senate tobacco buyout plan costs more than the House plan and includes FDA regulations of tobacco ... The slow-going Senate approved a tobacco...
- Research articles 2004-07-17
- Boston Buyout Veteran Tom Lee Wins Bid for Fisher Scientific International.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Aug. 8--Boston buyout king Tom Lee yesterday came away the winning bidder for Fisher Scientific International Inc., agreeing to purchase the Hampton, N.H., company for $1.4 billion in a leveraged buyout. Aug. 8--Boston buyout king Tom Lee yesterday came away the...
- Research articles 1997-08-08
- Late News.(mixed-use project)(Eliza Jennings Senior Care Network sold its securities to TDK Management LLC.)(Allied Capital Corp. financing Step2 Inc. buyout by Liberty Partners)
- D.C. INVESTMENT FIRM AIDS STEP2 BUYOUT * Investment firm Allied Capital Corp. of Washington, D.C., has committed $90 million to support the buyout of Streetsboro children's products maker The Step2 Co. by New York private equity firm Liberty Partn D.C. INVESTMENT FIRM AIDS...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- LBO proposed by employees at Cigna unit. (leveraged buyout, Cigna's Individual Financial Services Division)
- LBO Proposed By Employees At Cigna Unit An employee group has proposed a leveraged buyout of Cigna's Individual Financial Services Division. The buyout, if completed, would be one more step in Cigna's departure from the individual life business, wLBO Proposed By Employees...
- Research articles 1989-01-16
- Confirm Prudential will finance Macy's buyout.
- Confirm Prudential Will Finance Macy's Buyout The Prudential has agreed to provide $800 million in mortgage financing for the proposed $3,687,000,000 leveraged buyout of R.H. Macy & Co. The announcement confirms an exclusive report (DNR, March 27, Page 19)...
- Research articles 1986-05-15
- News: Dynamic duo bolsters scheme buyout market.
- Byline: Daniel McAllister and Gill Wadsworth Incumbent buyout businesses face renewed competition after two players entered the market, teaming up with investment banks to offer a blend of buyout, liability-driven investment LDI and advisory services. Newly formed buyout company, Synesis, set...
- Research articles 2006-05-29
- Kentucky Tobacco Farmers Keep Eye on Proposed Buyout Plans.
- By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 28--With the U.S. House of Representatives floating several tobacco quota buyout bills and the Senate working on a buyout plan of its own, tobacco farmers are waiting to see which buyout...
- Research articles 2003-04-28
- Landry's ends buyout bid by founder Fertitta
- HOUSTON (Jan. 12, 2009) Landry's Restaurants Inc. said Monday it terminated the going-private bid by its founder and chief executive, and instead will refinance about $400 million in debt. The company, which saw its shares fall 33.9 percent to close at $8.16 on Monday, said the pending buyout was scrapped...
- News items 2009-08-07
- IDS & HLS Have Concluded Escrow Arrangements for $2.35 Cash Buyout for IDS Common Shares
- IDS Worldwide, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IDWD) reported today that the long complicated series of transactions between IDS and HLS have finally reached the final stages. IDS and HLS executives agreed on the buyout terms for the majority insiders stock and the breakout of the 995ad.com division prior to the cash buyout...
- Research articles 2006-08-28
- Sixers Notes | Buyout deal lets Sixers cut Webber loose
- Less than two years after acquiring Chris Webber as a scoring partner for Allen Iverson, the 76ers agreed with him on a buyout of the rest of his contract, president and general manager Billy King said last night. King said the buyout agreement had been sent to the NBA office,...
- Research articles 2007-01-11
- Buyout Firms Stand Ready as Big Companies Look to Sell.
- By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12--After a long, parched 2001, the leveraged-buyout artists are back at the well, slaking their thirst to do deals. Every big brand that hits the auction block is drawing a crowd...
- Research articles 2002-09-12
- Agreement still possible in Kentucky's tobacco quota buyout plans, experts say.
- By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 31--With the House and Senate debating two vastly different tobacco quota buyout proposals, the challenge will be for the House-Senate conference committee to craft a compromise bill this year. ...
- Research articles 2004-07-31
- Cooker prexy exits after failed buyout try
- Cooker prexy exits after failed buyout try COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The president of Cooker Restaurant Corp., a growing 10-unit chain of casual restaurants, has left the company after failing in a buyout attempt. Chairman G. Arthur Seelbinder assumed Philip J. Hickey Jr.'s duties as president. Hickey, who...
- Research articles 1989-10-02
- Say Levi's buyout plan to net founders $310M.
- NEW YORK FNS -- The founding family of Levi Strauss & Co. should walk away with about $310,400,000 for their 35.8 per cent interest in the company plus 92 per cent of the equity in the purchasing company, under a $50-a-share leveraged buyout plan filed Monday with...
- Research articles 1985-07-16
- Hear Filene's Basement ceo in buyout bid. (off-price stores)
- Hear Filene's Basement CEO In Buyout Bid NEW YORK--The chairman and chief executive officer of Filene's Basement is reportedly planning a leveraged buyout of the 22-unit off-price chain, according to market sources. Samuel Gerson, chairman of the Basement, was out...
- Research articles 1988-05-24
- Proxies reveal the ins and outs of Macy's buyout. (Money Talk) (column)
- Proxies Reveal the Ins and Outs of Macy's Buyout NEW YORK FNS -- Outside directors of R.H. Macy & Co. vigorously opposed a leveraged buyout by management at $68 a share, and did not finally agree to the buyout until the price was raised to $70...
- Research articles 1986-06-02
- Florida Firm Enters Buyout Bid for High Point, N.C., Area Furniture Maker.
- By Richard Craver, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--The cost of securing financing for a management buyout of Lexington Home Brands means there will be another equity partner in the manufacturer. Lexington Home Brands announced...
- Research articles 2002-03-19
- Entrust Shareholders Likely to Vote Down Private Equity Buyout Friday
- Thomas Kirchner submits: In another illustration of the pointlessness of “Go Shop” periods, the board of Entrust ENTU ignored three buyout offers received in the 30-day go shop period that were higher than that of the CEO. Moreover, the Entrust management buyout shows all that is wrong with buyouts...
- External links 2009-07-06
