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- noun finance A float of
shares where the final price is determined onlyafter abidding phase.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Investment bank Morgan Stanley was running a bookbuild Tuesday night for Ms. Rinehart, who was seeking 9.9% of the company, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Rinehart Buys Nearly 8% of Fairfax Gavin Lower 2012
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Achieving the full 9.9% of Fairfax targeted in last night's bookbuild would have lifted Ms. Rinehart's total stake to close to 15%.
Rinehart Buys Nearly 8% of Fairfax Gavin Lower 2012
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. But only 32% of shares in the retail part of the offer were taken up, leaving underwriter Deutsche Bank to sell the excess through a bookbuild.
Sigma Says Dividend Is 'Unlikely' Ross Kelly 2010
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. But only 32% of shares in the retail part of the offer were taken up, leaving underwriter Deutsche Bank to sell the excess through a bookbuild.
Sigma Says Dividend Is 'Unlikely' Ross Kelly 2010
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. But only 32% of shares in the retail part of the offer were taken up, leaving underwriter Deutsche Bank to sell the excess through a bookbuild.
Sigma Says Dividend Is 'Unlikely' Ross Kelly 2010
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He said he expected any entitlements to part icipate in the capital raising not taken up by the three suitors or other institutional investors would find "overwhelming support" under a bookbuild process being conducted by
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Heading into the bookbuild, the pricing of deal came under public scrutiny.
QR National IPO Raises $4.5 Billion Cynthia Koons 2010
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In Europe, 94% of the total equity issued this month was via an accelerated bookbuild process or "overnight" transaction, where shares are offered to institutional investors over the course of one day.
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In the U.S., accelerated bookbuild deals have raised only $2.4 billion this month or 58% of the total equity raised.
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In a bookbuild, the offer price is based on actual demand for shares among institutional investors.
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