private offering

private offering
private offering n: the sale of an issue of securities directly by the issuer to one or a few large investors without any public offering – called also private placement; compare public offering
◇ A private offering is exempt from the requirements of filing a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and distributing prospectuses to potential buyers before the sale.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

private offering
n.
Offering securities for sale to private individuals but not to the public.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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