Financial Terms - Reverse TakeOver

What does it means...
A type of merger used by private companies to become publicly traded without resorting to an initial public offering. Initially, the private company buys enough shares to control a publicly traded company. At this point, the private company's shareholder uses their shares in the private company to exchange for shares in the public company. At this point, the private company has effectively become a publicly traded one.

A reverse takeover can also refer to situation where a smaller company acquires a larger company.

What investopedia says...
With this type of merger, the private company does not need to pay the expensive fees associated with arranging an initial public offering. The problem, however, is the company does not acquired any additional funds through the merger and it must have enough funds to complete the transaction on its own.

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