tender offer
noun
: a public offer to buy not less than a specified number of shares of a stock at a fixed price from stockholders usually in an attempt to gain control of the issuing company
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More than half the proceeds go to a tender offer for long-time shareholders, house-cleaning that venture lawyers typically advise before a company flips its registration.
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Rippling has also secured new investment: The document containing the criminal investigation claims is tied to a new fund-raising round and tender offer for existing shares, which values the company at $16.8 billion.
—Grady McGregor, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Last year, OpenAI held an employee tender offer, allowing staffers to sell some of their equity to the company.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Follow the money: Plaid plans to use the proceeds to convert expiring RSUs into common shares and fund an employee tender offer.
—Ryan Lawler, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Rippling has also secured new investment: The document containing the criminal investigation claims is tied to a new fund-raising round and tender offer for existing shares, which values the company at $16.8 billion.
—Grady McGregor, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Last year, OpenAI held an employee tender offer, allowing staffers to sell some of their equity to the company.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Follow the money: Plaid plans to use the proceeds to convert expiring RSUs into common shares and fund an employee tender offer.
—Ryan Lawler, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tender offer
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“Tender offer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tender%20offer. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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