Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• GOING PRIVATE
  
  The transformation of a company from public to private ownership status, usually used in the context where old management remains involved with the company. A company may go private either by repurchasing its publicly traded shares or by having a third party purchase all, or substantially all, of the company's outstanding shares.
  
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