Meaning PROXY CONTEST: A battle for the control of a firm in which a dissident group seeks, from the firm's other shareholders, the right to vote those shareholders' shares in favor of the dissident group's slate of directors. Also called proxy fights
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- Definition Prepaid Interest:
- Examples An asset account showing interest that has been paid in advance, which is expensed and charged to the borrower's P & L statement proxy contest definition.
- Definition Passive Investment Management:
- Examples Buying a well diversified portfolio to represent a broad-based market index without attempting to search out mispriced securities proxy contest explain.
- Definition Position Building:
- Examples Buying shares to build up a long position or selling shares to create a short position in a particular security or group of securities proxy contest what is.
- Definition Personal Inflation Rate:
- Examples The inflation rate as it affects a specific individual proxy contest meaning.
- Definition Prior-Lien Bond:
- Examples A bond usually arising from reorganization with precedence over another bond of the same issuing company that is equally secured proxy contest abbreviation.
