Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

buyback

Read a random definition: credit card

A quick definition of buyback :

A buyback is when a company buys back its own stock. This makes the number of shares available in the market go down, which can make the value of each share go up. The company offers to buy shares at a certain price, but shareholders don't have to sell. Buybacks can help a company prevent someone else from taking control of the company. However, some people think buybacks are not fair. Companies have to follow rules when they do buybacks, so they don't break the law.

A more thorough explanation:

A buyback is when a company buys back its own stock from the market. This reduces the number of shares available in the market, which can increase the value of each remaining share. The company offers to buy shares at a certain price, but shareholders are not required to sell their shares.

One reason a company might do a buyback is to prevent a hostile takeover. By buying back a controlling share of the company, the company can prevent someone else from taking control against the wishes of the board of directors.

However, some people think that buybacks are a form of market manipulation. To prevent this, companies must follow certain rules when doing a buyback, such as registering a specific day for the buyback and not being able to set the price of their offer.

Let's say that a company has 1,000 shares of stock outstanding. The company decides to do a buyback and offers to buy back 100 shares at $50 per share. If all 100 shares are sold back to the company, the number of shares outstanding will be reduced to 900. This can increase the value of each remaining share, since there are fewer shares available in the market.

Another example is if a company is facing a hostile takeover attempt. The company might do a buyback to prevent the other party from gaining control of the company.

buy-sell agreement | buyer

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
medicine is a scam
join the ethically ambiguous legal field instead
Dkk
18:57
I want to meet an attorney that defends clients who run into flat earth problems. I want an attorney that knows and believes in flat earth theory.
19:05
i want a flat earther for president. i want a guy who posts on 4chan for president. i want someone who mogs for president.
Dkk
19:18
Exactly. My version of that awful poem.
Dkk
19:19
I can accept a president with maybe one or two of the poems traits hut good God, all of them??? No ty.
windyMagician
19:20
president who respects sex is crazy
windyMagician
19:20
we had bill clinton already
Dkk
19:21
Bill Clinton, first and last black president
windyMagician
19:23
I want to go running but my leg feels weird
windyMagician
19:23
it doesn't hurt its just tingly
Dkk
19:26
It needs more alcohol. You tingle when your nerves need watering.
19:27
try stretching it maybe to see what's up
windyMagician
19:27
stretches make me think it's just soreness
windyMagician
19:27
I'm sober lol
Dkk
19:38
Anyone else get the google notification that your LSD password has been compromised lol. LSD got hacked.
20:48
what.jpg @Dkk
CynicalOops
21:03
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
jackfrost11770
21:10
nope dk
CynicalOops
22:37
Calvinamala Harris
jackfrost11770
23:16
should i start using letterboxed again
Dkk
23:25
@jackfrost11770: if you want but like it aint for me
dk do u ever eat at bk
Dkk
23:48
@chickenburgahfart: I would do that in the Army if really desperate for food or if I had to work through lunch. One of the few fast food places I go to.
bk so slept on
Dkk
0:23
I will take In N Out everyday over it when I can though.
texaslawhopefully
1:22
In N Out is not only the best fast food place, but the prices too are fantastic
Dkk
1:27
Indeed, indeed.
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.