tender offer

noun

: a public offer to buy not less than a specified number of shares of a stock at a fixed price from stockholders usually in an attempt to gain control of the issuing company

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This year, Plaid hired Goldman Sachs to raise up to $400 million in a tender offer that would allow shareholders to cash out, according to a person familiar with the matter. Erin Griffith, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 The buyout firm last September teamed up with Korea Zinc’s top shareholder Young Poong to launch a 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) tender offer for a bigger ownership stake in the metals giant, hoping to oust its chairman Yun B. Choi from running the company. Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025 In November, OpenAI allowed employees to sell about $1.5 billion worth of shares in a tender offer to SoftBank, people familiar with the matter told CNBC at the time. Hayden Field, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025 In September, Young Poong and MBK announced a tender offer for Korea Zinc shares, sweetening its bid twice in the process. Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tender offer

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First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tender offer was in 1967

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“Tender offer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tender%20offer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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tender offer

noun
: a public offer to purchase a specified number or range of shares from shareholders usually at a premium and in an attempt to gain control of the issuing company
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