private placement

noun

, Finance.

1. a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company ( public offering ): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Example Sentences

Earlier this year, Newsmax filed for an initial public offering to raise $75 million and a private placement to generate additional capital.

From Los Angeles Times

Other schemes include like-kind exchanges in real estate to build wealth without paying taxes on the increasing value, exchange-traded funds to defer capital gains and pumping money into private placement life insurance, health savings accounts or mega-backdoor Roth IRAs.

From Washington Times

Among those bullish about Instacart’s prospects is PepsiCo, which agreed to buy $175 million in convertible preferred stock in a private placement.

From Seattle Times

In a subsequent private placement, dozens of hedge funds agreed to invest up to $1 billion in the merged company.

From New York Times

It is unclear if the private placement is still valid without additional concessions from the companies.

From New York Times