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Take-up Fee
Definition: A fee paid to an underwriter in connection with an underwritten rights offering or an underwritten forced conversion. Represents compensation for each share of common stock the underwriter obtains and must resell upon the exercise of rights or conversion of bonds.
Takedown
Definition: The share of securities of each participating investment banker in a new or a secondary offering, or the price at which the securities are distributed to the different members of an underwriting group.
Takeout
Definition: A financing to refinance or take out another loan.
Takeover
Definition: General term referring to transfer of control of a firm from one group of shareholders to another group of shareholders. Change in the controlling interest of a corporation, either through a friendly acquisition or an unfriendly, hostile, bid. A hostile takeover (with the aim of replacing current existing management) is usually attempted through a public tender offer.
Takeover Target
Definition: A company that is the object of a takeover attempt, friendly or hostile.
Taker
Definition: The buyer of an option contract.
Takes A Call
Definition: Requires a phone call to an account in order for a trade to be completed. See: Show me.
Takes Price
Definition: Requiring some price movement or concession on behalf of the initiating party before a trade can be consummated. See: Price give.
Taking A View
Definition: A London expression; means forming an opinion as to where market prices are headed and acting on it.
Taking Delivery
Definition: When the buyer actually assumes possession from a seller of assets agreed upon in a forward contract or a futures contract.
Tandem Programs
Definition: Ginnie Mae mortgage funds provided at below-market rates to residential MBS buyers with FHA Section 203 and 235 loans and to developers of multifamily projects with Section 236 loans initially and later with Section 221(d)(4) loans.
Tangibility
Definition: Characteristic that an assets can be used as collateral to secure debt.
Tangible Asset
Definition: An asset whose value depends on particular physical properties. These include reproducible assets such as buildings or machinery and non-reproducible assets such as land, a mine, or a work of art. Also called real assets. Converse of: Intangible asset
Tangible Net Worth
Definition: Total assets minus intangible assets, which include patents and copyrights, and total liabilities.
Tape
Definition: (1) Service that reports prices and sizes of transactions on major exchanges-ticker tape. (2) Dow Jones and other news wires. See: Consolidated tape.
Tape Is Late
Definition: When the trading volume is so heavy that trades appear on the tape more than a minute behind the timer they actually take place.
Tare Weight
Definition: The weight of an empty container and any packaging materials used in the container.
Target Cash Balance
Definition: Optimal amount of cash for a firm to hold, considering the trade-off between the opportunity costs of holding too much cash and the trading costs of holding too little cash.
Target Company
Definition: Often used in risk arbitrage. Firm chosen as an attractive takeover candidate by a potential acquirer. The acquirer may buy up to 5% of the target's stock without public disclosure, but it must report all transactions and supply other information to the SEC, the exchange the target company is listed on, and the target company itself once the 5% threshold is hit. See: Raider.
Target Firm
Definition: A firm that is the object of a takeover by another firm.
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