initial public offering

noun

: the first sale of a company's stock to the public

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Recent Examples on the Web By comparison, Twitter (now known as X) generated more than 100 times as much revenue — $665 million — in 2013 ahead of its initial public offering in November of that year. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024 The company expects to raise approximately $88.4 million to $102.3 million through its initial public offering. Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024 Digital World is a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, a shell company that is created to take a private business public without conducting an initial public offering. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024 The merger was almost derailed by a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into deal talks between the two companies that took place before Digital World’s initial public offering. Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 December 1980 – Apple conducts an initial public offering of 4.6 million shares at $22 per share. Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024 Reddit priced shares at $34 in its initial public offering on Wednesday, raising over $500 million for the company and more than $200 million for shareholders who sold some of their stakes in the sale. Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024 In 2021, Joann, still majority owned by Leonard Green & Partners, went public at an initial public offering at $12 a share. Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024 Alibaba Group is further retreating from a corporate overhaul announced a year ago by calling off an initial public offering for logistics unit Cainiao, as investors seem unlikely to cough up as much as the company expected. Yue Wang, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

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“Initial public offering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/initial%20public%20offering. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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