Corporate Issuers Essentials Match
EasyRace the clock — pair each term with its definition as fast as you can, then try to beat your best time. A quick, replayable warm-up for this set.
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Terms in this set
- Governance The system of rules, practices, and processes by which a corporation is directed and controlled.
- Stakeholders Any group with an interest in the firm — shareholders, creditors, employees, customers, suppliers, regulators, and the community.
- Shareholders Holders of equity claims on a corporation — entitled to vote, receive declared dividends, and claim residual assets in liquidation.
- Capital Funds and assets a firm uses to operate and invest; debt plus equity make up its capital structure.
- Dilution A reduction in existing shareholders' ownership percentage when new shares are issued.
- Investment Deployment of capital into projects or assets expected to earn an adequate return — capital expenditures, acquisitions, and net working capital.
- Issuance The process of bringing new securities to market — equity, debt, or hybrid — to raise capital.
- Buyback A repurchase of the firm's own shares, returning cash to shareholders and reducing the share count.
- Mergers Combinations of two or more firms into one, typically with the acquirer absorbing the target.
- Spinoff Distribution of a subsidiary's shares to existing shareholders, creating an independent publicly-traded company.