preferred stock
noun
: stock guaranteed priority by a corporation's charter over common stock in the payment of dividends and usually in the distribution of assets
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Precigen ended the year with $97.9 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments, and raised $110.6 million through financing activities, including a public offering and the issuance of preferred stock.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
Venture Capital • Telesis Bio, a San Diego provider of DNA and mRNA synthesis tools for researchers, agreed to a convertible preferred stock purchase agreement to sell shares of a new series of convertible preferred stock in a private placement.
—Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
The company has been addressing liquidity needs through various methods, including refinancing activities and managing its preferred stock redemptions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
The filing also details the redemption of preferred stock, with a total of 361,493 shares redeemed since the inception of the redemption plan.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
Venture Capital • Telesis Bio, a San Diego provider of DNA and mRNA synthesis tools for researchers, agreed to a convertible preferred stock purchase agreement to sell shares of a new series of convertible preferred stock in a private placement.
—Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
The company has been addressing liquidity needs through various methods, including refinancing activities and managing its preferred stock redemptions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
The filing also details the redemption of preferred stock, with a total of 361,493 shares redeemed since the inception of the redemption plan.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Preferred stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preferred%20stock. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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