Overallotment Option

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Greenshoe Option

A provision in some underwriting contracts allowing the underwriter to sell more shares to investors than were originally agreed. In an underwriting agreement, the underwriter agrees with the issuer of a security to place a certain amount with investors. If demand for the security exceeds the underwriter's supply, the greenshoe option allows the underwriter to avoid a sudden jump in price by increasing supply. Normally, the greenshoe option allows the underwriter to increase supply up to 15%. It is important to note that not all underwriting contracts have greenshoe options, especially in situations in which the issue is for a limited project for which the issuer only needs a certain amount of capital. It is also called an overallotment option.

overallotment option

See greenshoe.

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Green Shoe Clause Greenshoe Greenshoe Option Overallotment			said its underwriters exercised their overallotment option to buy an additional 4. BRIEFS by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) 3 million shares of trust preferred securities to be issued by its wholly owned subsidiary, First Busey Capital Trust I, including 300,000 trust preferred securities is suable pursuant to an overallotment option granted to the underwriters. * First Busey Corp., by Arkansas Business NAI") announced today that it agreed to sell, in concurrent underwritten offerings, 26,040,909 shares (plus an additional 2,604,091 shares if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full) of CBS class B common stock owned by NAI at a price to the public of $12. National Amusements Provides Details of Underwritten Viacom and CBS ... by Business Wire			Outside of you Outside Reversal Outsourcing Outstanding outstanding balance Outstanding Capital Stock Outstanding Debt Outstanding Dividends Outstanding share capital Outstanding Shares Over the Counter over-and above money Over-Hedging Over-the-Counter Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board Over-the-Counter Market Over-the-Counter Option Over-the-Counter Stock Overadvance overage overall capitalization rate Overall FTC limitation Overall Market Price Coverage overall rate of return Overallotment Overallotment Option Overapplied Overhead Overbase Compensation Overbooked Overborrowed Overbought Overbought-Oversold Indicator overbuilding Overcapitalization Overcharge Overcollateralization Overdepreciation Overdraft Overdraft Cap Overdraft Checking Account Overdraft Facility Overdraft Protection Overdue Overexposure Overfull Employment Overfunded Pension Plan Overfunding Overgrowth Overhang Overhanging Bond Overhanging Supply			Overall Quality of Life Index Overall Rate of Return Overall Rate of Return Overall Rate of Return Overall Resistance overall response Overall Response Rate Overall Responsible Party Overall Roadmap Technology Characteristics Overall Satisfaction Overall Sound Pressure Level overall stability constant Overall Survival Overall System Sensitivity Overall Test Battery Mean overall theme Overall Thermal Transfer Value Overall Total Earnings Overall Trade-Distorting Domestic Support Overall Trade-Distorting Support Overall Traffic Management Plan Overall Tuning Range Overall Vibration Level Overall Wellness Score overalled overalled overalled Overallotment Overallotment Option Overallotment Options overalls overalls overalls overambition overambitious overambitiously overanxiety overanxiety overanxious overanxious overanxious disorder overanxiously overanxiously overanxiousness overanxiousness Overapplied Overhead overappraisal overapprehensive overarch overarched overarches overarching Overarching Action Collaboration Team Overarching Action Coordination Team Overarching Integrated Process Team Overarching Integrated Product Team Overarching Partnering Agreement Overarching Range Cooperative Agreement overarching weight

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