Securities Dictionary by Mayer Brown

Affinity Offering

This refers to a securities offering that is directed or targeted at an identifiable group, such as the issuer’s existing customers, for example, in the case of a retail-focused issuer.

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At-the-Market Offerings

Clawback

Fire Sale

Ineligible Issuer

Bad Actor

PIPE

Shell Company

Lock-Up

Crowdfunding

Step Out of the Box

Stabilizing Manager

Death Spiral

Shadow Banking

Jump Ball

Green Shoe

Peer-to-Peer

Matchmaking Sites

Refreshing the Shoe

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