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GAAP
[Generally Accepted Accounting Principles] |
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Gatekeepers (USA)
Advisor and/or manager of private equity investments by institutional investors. |
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Gaurantee funds
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Gazelles
Gazelles are entrepreneurial organizations that grow at an explosive rate, often at 100% a year or more. |
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GDR or GDS
[Global Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Shares] |
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General Partner (USA)
A partner in a private equity management company who has unlimited personal liability for the debts and obligations of the limited partnership and the right to participate in its management. |
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General Partnership
A partnership in which the parties carry on all their business for the joint benefit and profit of all the parties concerned without attention to the capital being limited or not, or the contributions being equal or unequal. |
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Global Coordinator
The lead underwriter in a simultaneous public offering in several countries or on several exchanges. |
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Going Effective (USA)
The time at which the SEC declares a registration statement becoming effective under the Securities Act of 1933, so that sales (not just offers) of the securities being registered can be made. |
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Golden Handcuffs
A method of insuring that key employees remain with the company for a certain period of time by granting the employees options or shares of stock that vest over a period of time. |
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Golden Parachute
A contractual arrangement between key employees and the company, that provides for the payment of a large bonus or other payment to the employee upon the occurrence of certain events, such as termination of employment without motive, or the merger or sale of the company. |
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Green Shoe or Shoe
Entitlement for an underwriter's over-allotment option. |
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Greenmail
Acquiring a large block of a public company's securities and threatening a take-over, tender offer, proxy fight or other action for the purpose of inducing the company to repurchase the securities at an above-market price. |
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Gross Margin
Gross income expressed as a percentage of net sales. |
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Gun Jumping (USA)
The offering of a security prior to the filing of a registration statement or during the registration process, or the publication of materials deemed to promote the sale of the company's securities, other than through a prospectus filed with the SEC. |