a takeover bid in which a small company makes use of its limited assets, and those of the usually larger target company, to raise the loans required to finance the takeover
Abbreviation: LBO
LBO in American English
(ˌɛlˌbiˈoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralLBOs
leveraged buyout
LBO in Finance
(ɛl bi oʊ) or leveraged buyout
abbreviation
(Finance: Corporate)
An LBO is a situation in which an individual or a group buys a company with borrowed money that they will pay back by selling the company's assets.
Some bankers and businessmen think Germany could be ripe for hostile takeovers andeven LBOs.
The rise in LBO activity over the first boom and bust cycle could be attributed to both regulatoryand economic factors.
An LBO is a situation in which an individual or a group buys a company with borrowed moneythat they will pay back by selling the company's assets.