Liquidation Preference — A term used in venture capital contracts to specify which investors get paid first and how much they get paid in the event of a liquidation event such as the sale of the company. Liquidation preference helps protect venture capitalists from… … Investment dictionary
liquidation — index aberemurder, assassination, cancellation, composition (agreement in bankruptcy), discharge (payment), dispatch (act of putting to death) … Law dictionary
Involuntary liquidation preference — A premium that must be paid to preferred or preference stockholders if the issuer of the stock is forced into involuntary liquidation. The New York Times Financial Glossary … Financial and business terms
involuntary liquidation preference — A premium that must be paid to preferred or preference stockholders if the issuer of the stock is forced into involuntary liquidation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
preference — pref·er·ence / pre frəns, fə rəns/ n 1: the right to prior payment of a debt with preference over the creditors of the heirs or legatees Louisiana Civil Code 2: the transfer of an insolvent debtor s interest in property to a creditor for an… … Law dictionary
Liquidation — Winding up redirects here. For other uses, see Wind up (disambiguation). Not to be confused with liquification, a concept in physics. In law, liquidation is the process by which a company (or part of a company) is brought to an end, and the… … Wikipedia
preference share — preferred shares of a corporation that have first claim to preferred dividends. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A type of share that pays a fixed percentage dividend. Preference shareholders come before the ordinary shareholder when it comes to… … Financial and business terms
preference share — A share in a company that is entitled to a fixed percentage dividend rather than a variable dividend; for example, a 6% preference share pays a dividend of 6% per annum. If the company goes into liquidation, the preference shares are paid out… … Accounting dictionary
preference share — A share in a company yielding a fixed rate of interest rather than a variable dividend. A preference share is an intermediate form of security between an ordinary share and a debenture Preference shares usually confer some degree of ownership of… … Big dictionary of business and management
preference shares — / pref(ə)rəns ʃeəz/ plural noun shares (often with no voting rights) which receive their dividend before all other shares and are repaid first (at face value) if the company goes into liquidation (NOTE: The US term is preferred stock.) COMMENT:… … Dictionary of banking and finance
