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- Alternative stock marketThe alternative stock market is an umbrella term for trading in shares outside the major stock exchanges.
- Articles of associationThe articles of association (bolagsordning in Swedish) are a limited company's fundamental set of rules…
- Asset managementAsset management is about how capital is invested and managed to generate a return or preserve value over…
- Asset managerAn asset manager is a person or firm that handles investments on behalf of private individuals, companies or…
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- Bridge financingBridge financing is a short-term financing solution used to cover a temporary capital need while waiting for…
- Brokerage feeA brokerage fee (courtage in Swedish) is the fee you pay when you buy or sell securities, such as shares or…
- Business angelA business angel is a private individual who invests their own money in early-stage companies.
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- Capital raisingCapital raising is about how a company brings in money to finance its business or growth.
- Capital structureCapital structure describes how a company finances its business, that is, the split between equity and debt.
- Cash flow analysisCash flow analysis is an analysis of how money actually moves in and out of a company during a given period.
- Change of ownershipA change of ownership means that ownership of a company passes from one or more owners to new owners.
- Close company (fåmansbolag)A close company (fåmansbolag, a Swedish company category) is a limited company in which ownership and control…
- Co-ownershipCo-ownership means that two or more people own a company together.
- Company analysisA company analysis is a structured review of a company's business, finances and future prospects.
- Company reorganisationA company reorganisation (rekonstruktion in Swedish) means that a company tries to resolve financial problems…
- Conditional shareholder contributionA conditional shareholder contribution (villkorat aktieägartillskott, a form of capital contribution used in…
- Contract noteA contract note (avräkningsnota in Swedish) is the confirmation you receive after a completed securities…
- Contribution in kindA contribution in kind (apportegendom in Swedish) is property contributed to a company as payment for shares.
- Control premiumA control premium is the extra value a buyer is prepared to pay to gain control of a company.
- Controlling shareholderA controlling shareholder is a shareholder who has a controlling influence over a company.
- ConvertibleA convertible is a security that gives the holder the right to exchange the debt for shares in the company at…
- Convertible loanA convertible loan is a loan that can be converted into shares in the company on predetermined terms.
- Corporate financeCorporate finance is about how companies plan, finance and manage their capital to create long-term value.
- CSD-registered company (avstämningsbolag)A CSD-registered company (avstämningsbolag in Swedish) is a Swedish limited company whose share register is…
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- Declaring sharesDeclaring shares (deklarera aktier) means reporting gains and losses from share transactions in your Swedish…
- DilutionDilution occurs when a company issues new shares and existing owners' share of the company therefore…
- Directed share issueA directed share issue (riktad emission in Swedish) is a new share issue in which shares are offered to…
- Discounted cash flowDiscounted cash flow is a valuation method that estimates a company's value by converting future cash flows…
- Dividend taxDividend tax (utdelningsskatt) is the tax paid on dividends from Swedish limited companies (aktiebolag) to…
- Drag-alongDrag-along is a contractual clause that gives majority owners the right to require minority shareholders to…
- Due diligenceDue diligence is a structured review of a company ahead of an investment, an acquisition or another major…
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- Employee stock optionsEmployee stock options are an incentive tool that gives employees the opportunity to buy shares in the…
- ExitAn exit is the process in which an owner leaves their ownership of a company by selling all or part of their…
- Exit clauseAn exit clause is a contractual provision that sets out how and when owners can leave a company by selling…
- Exit strategyAn exit strategy is a plan for how and when an owner will give up their ownership in a company.
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- Incentive programmeAn incentive programme is an arrangement that aims to motivate key people by linking their remuneration to…
- InsolvencyInsolvency (obestånd in Swedish) means that a company can no longer pay its debts on time and that the…
- Internal share transferAn internal share transfer is a transfer of shares that takes place within a group of existing shareholders…
- Investing for returnsInvesting for returns means putting money to work with the aim of making it grow over time, whether through…
- Investing in companiesInvesting in companies means putting capital into a company with the aim of sharing in its future growth in…
- Investing in sharesInvesting in shares means buying a small part of a company in the hope that its value will increase over time…
- Investing in the stock marketInvesting in the stock market means buying and selling shares and other financial instruments through an…
- Investing in unlisted companiesInvesting in unlisted companies means buying shares in companies that are not traded on a stock exchange.
- Investment horizonAn investment horizon describes the period of time an investor plans to hold an investment before it is sold…
- Investor relationsInvestor relations is about how a company communicates with its investors.
- Issue priceThe issue price is the price investors pay per share in a share issue.
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- Majority shareholderA majority shareholder is a shareholder who controls more than half of the votes in a company.
- Minority protectionMinority protection is the set of rules and principles meant to protect shareholders with smaller ownership…
- Minority shareholderA minority shareholder is a shareholder who owns a smaller share of a company and therefore lacks control…
- Multiple valuationMultiple valuation is a valuation method in which a company's value is assessed by comparing it with similar…
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- Order placementOrder placement is the process of placing a buy or sell order for securities.
- Ordinary sharesOrdinary shares are the most common type of share in a company and normally carry both voting rights and the…
- Ownership registerAn ownership register is a compilation of information about who owns a company and to what extent.
- Ownership stakeAn ownership stake describes how large a share of a company is owned by a shareholder.
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- Post-money valuationThe post-money valuation is the company's value after new capital has been added through an investment or…
- Post-transfer pre-emption clauseA post-transfer pre-emption clause (hembudsförbehåll, a clause in a Swedish company's articles of…
- Pre-money valuationThe pre-money valuation is the company's value before new capital is added through an investment or share…
- Preference sharesPreference shares are a special type of share whose holders are often given priority over ordinary…
- Primary marketThe primary market is the market in which securities are sold for the first time.
- Private equityPrivate equity means investing in unlisted companies with the aim of developing them and increasing their…
- Private equity firmA PE firm is a private equity firm that invests in companies by buying ownership stakes and developing the…
- Private sharesPrivate shares are shares in companies that are not listed on a stock exchange.
- Public companiesPublic companies, known in Sweden as publika aktiebolag and marked with the suffix AB (publ), are companies…
- Public company sharesPublic company shares (publika aktier in Swedish) are shares in companies that are permitted to offer their…
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- Record dateThe record date (avstämningsdag in Swedish) is the date that determines who formally counts as a shareholder…
- Required rate of returnThe required rate of return is the return an investor expects in exchange for taking on a certain level of…
- Right of first refusalA right of first refusal (förköpsrätt in Swedish) means that a shareholder or another party has the right to…
- Rights issueA rights issue is a new share issue in which existing shareholders have a preferential right to subscribe for…
- Risk premiumThe risk premium is the extra return an investor demands for taking on risk over and above a risk-free…
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- Secondary marketThe secondary market is the market in which securities that have already been issued are bought and sold.
- Secondary saleA secondary sale means that existing shareholders sell their shares to a new owner without the company…
- Set-off issueA set-off issue (kvittningsemission in Swedish) is a form of new share issue in which new shares are issued…
- SettlementSettlement (in Swedish, likvid) means that money is paid or received in a transaction.
- Share certificateA share certificate is a physical document that proves ownership of shares in a company.
- Share classesShare classes are different types of shares in the same company that can carry different rights, for example…
- Share issueA share issue (emission in Swedish) means that a company issues new shares or other securities to raise…
- Share issue prospectusA share issue prospectus is a formal document that describes the terms of a share issue and gives investors…
- Share price historyShare price history shows how the price of a security has changed over time.
- Share registerA share register (aktiebok in Swedish) is the company's official record of all its shareholders and their…
- Share transferA share transfer means that shares in a company change owner, for example through a sale, a generational…
- Shareholders' agreementA shareholders' agreement is an agreement between a company's owners that governs how the ownership is to…
- SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle)An SPV is a company structure used to carry out a single investment or to own a specific asset.
- Stock market listingA stock market listing means that a company lists its shares on a stock exchange.
- StockbrokerA stockbroker is a person or service that helps investors buy and sell shares.
- Subscription priceThe subscription price is the price per share that investors pay when they subscribe for new shares in a…
- Subscription rightA subscription right (teckningsrätt in Swedish) is the right existing shareholders receive to subscribe for…
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- Unconditional shareholder contributionAn unconditional shareholder contribution (ovillkorat aktieägartillskott in Swedish) is a capital…
- Unlisted companiesUnlisted companies are companies whose shares are not listed on a stock exchange.
- Unlisted sharesUnlisted shares are shares in companies that are not listed on a stock exchange.
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- Venture capitalVenture capital is capital invested in companies with high growth potential but also higher risk.
- Veto rightA veto right is a right that allows an owner to block certain decisions in a company, even without a majority…
- Voting valueVoting value indicates how much influence a share gives when votes are held in a company.
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