A seasoned equity offering or secondary equity offering (SEO) or capital increase is a new
equity issued by an already
publicly traded company. Seasoned offerings may involve shares sold by existing shareholders (non-dilutive), new shares (dilutive), or both. If the seasoned equity offering is made by an issuer that meets certain regulatory criteria, it may be a
shelf offering Shelf registration, shelf offering, or shelf prospectus is a type of public offering where certain issuers are allowed to offer and sell securities to the public without a separate prospectus for each act of offering and without the issue of furthe ...
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Initial public offering
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Public offering
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Reduction of capital Reduction of capital or capital reduction is to decrease stock of a company. During reduction of capital, sometimes the company returns a portion of the stock of a company to shareholder. A private company can reduce its capital in many different wa ...
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Rights issue
A rights issue or rights offer is a dividend of subscription rights to buy additional securities in a company made to the company's existing security holders. When the rights are for equity securities, such as shares, in a public company, it can b ...
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Secondary market offering
External links
UNDERWRITER CHOICE AND ANNOUNCEMENT EFFECTS FOR SEASONED EQUITY OFFERINGS by Fredrick P. Schadler* and Timothy L. ManuelInvestopedia: Secondary Offering
Corporate finance
Stock market
Equity securities
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