A Going-Private Transaction Can Best Be Defined As

question 239

Multiple Choice

A going-private transaction can best be defined as:

• A) A corporate takeover bid communicated to the shareholders through a stock exchange.
• B) Attempts to gain control of a firm by soliciting a sufficient number of shareholder votes to replace existing management.
• C) All publicly owned stock in a firm is replaced with complete equity ownership by a private group.
• D) Going private transactions in which a large percentage of the money used to buy the stock is borrowed. Often incumbent management is involved.
• E) Agreement between firms to cooperate in pursuit of a joint goal.

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Definitions:

Acquisition

The process by which one company purchases most or all of another company's shares to gain control of that company.

Accounting Cycle

The series of steps in processing financial transactions, from the initial recording to the presentation of financial statements.

Recording Business Transactions

The process of documenting the financial activities of a business in accounting records according to established principles.

Operating Cycle

Average time it takes to buy and sell merchandise and then collect accounts receivable.