vendor placing

vendor placing
A method of using shares to fund an acquisition by allotting shares in the purchaser to the vendors in exchange for shares in the target (or other assets) so falling within the exemption to the Companies Act 1985 pre-emption rights requirements for issues other than cash (section 89(4)). The consideration shares are then placed on behalf of the vendors by the purchaser's bank so that the vendors will receive cash (the proceeds of sale of shares by the purchaser's bank).
A clawback (normally by open offer although it can theoretically be done by a vendor rights issue) is usually offered to the purchaser's shareholders if the new shares represent more than 10% of the company's existing issued share capital or are issued at more than a 5% discount.
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Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. . 2010.

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