{"_key":"d2ba2f61-adbd-58b1-ad2c-d4ef880f159c","definitions":[{"example":"Carlyle was able to negotiate down the price it paid for the company, exploiting the absence of any rival acquirer.\r\n\r\n","text":"party which purchases or otherwise obtains a company","audio":"en-us/d2ba2f61-adbd-58b1-ad2c-d4ef880f159c/2069097a-ef0a-586a-a9ca-dc285c0226b1.mp3"}],"dictionary":"en","fol":[{"name":"Banking and Finance","url":"/dictionaries/en/banking-and-finance"},{"name":"Business (Corporate) Law/Company Law","url":"/dictionaries/en/business-corporate-law-company-law"}],"notes":[{"text":"acquire (noun/legalese)\r\nget; to gain possession or ownership of something: Herd Properties have announced their agreement to acquire Charleston as part of a $3.4 billion deal."},{"text":"acquisition (noun)\r\nthe act of gaining possession of something; the purchase (=buying) of an asset; the purchase of one company by another company: The deal involves the acquisition of 80% of the shares in the company."},{"text":"acquired company (noun)\r\ncompany which is purchased by another company: The purchase price for the acquired company was $4.9 million."}],"phrases":[{"text":"... b) In the event that a suitable acquirer is located by Advisors, and said entity purchases all or any portion of BRST, pay to Advisors (by certified check) a dollar amount equal to 5% (five percent) of the total purchase price, whether the purchase be in cash, equity, or assumption of debt."},{"text":"Maker shall have been acquired in a business combination transaction and in such transaction Noteholder shall have received cash, common stock or a combination of cash and common stock of the acquirer which common stock of the acquirer was registered on Form S-4."},{"text":"In the event of any merger, consolidation or sale of assets described above, references to the Company in this Agreement shall unless the context suggests otherwise be deemed to include the entity resulting from such merger or consolidation or the acquirer of such assets of the Company. "},{"text":"Notwithstanding Section 1.6.2 above, in the event that the acquirer in an Acquisition (other than an acquisition in which the consideration received by the Company's stockholders consists solely of cash and/or cash equivalents) does not agree to assume this Warrant at and as of the closing thereof, this ..."},{"text":"In the event of a change of control (merger or acquisition) of the company in which more that 51% of the company stock after the change of control is owned by the acquirer, there will be an acceleration of vesting of half of the remaining unvested shares (as in the stock purchase agreement with the founders)."},{"text":"The MDR is the fee merchants pay to the bank that has installed the point of sale terminal (PoS), called the acquirer bank. "},{"text":"After the parties signed the merger agreement, the acquirer sought to abandon the merger due to deteriorating energy market conditions."},{"text":"Prior to closing, an executive of the acquirer notified the acquirer's tax counsel of a potential tax issue."}],"pos":"noun","posSlug":"noun","slug":"acquirer","term":"acquirer","termAudio":"en-us/d2ba2f61-adbd-58b1-ad2c-d4ef880f159c/2099ae4f-6815-5c74-8718-93c57809ba26.mp3"}