Question

a firms management purchases all the issued and outstanding stock of the firm and takes the company off the stock market. the management of this company has engaged in

multiple choice
a conglomerate merger.
forming a master limited partnership.
a leveraged buyout.

Explanation:

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The prompt describes management purchasing all outstanding stock to take a public company private.

Evaluate the options

• A conglomerate merger involves merging unrelated businesses.
• Using the Master Limited Partnership concept, we know an MLP is a publicly traded partnership, which contradicts taking a company off the stock market.
• A leveraged buyout (LBO) is an acquisition of a company, often by management, using a significant amount of borrowed money to meet the cost of acquisition, resulting in taking the company private.

Select the correct option

The action of buying all outstanding stock to take the company private is a leveraged buyout.
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<mcq-option>a conglomerate merger.</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>forming a master limited partnership.</mcq-option>
<mcq-correct>a leveraged buyout.</mcq-correct>
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• Using the Master Limited Partnership concept, we know an MLP is a publicly traded partnership, which contradicts taking a company off the stock market.
• A leveraged buyout (LBO) is an acquisition of a company, often by management, using a significant amount of borrowed money to meet the cost of acquisition, resulting in taking the company private.

Select the correct option

The action of buying all outstanding stock to take the company private is a leveraged buyout.
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