A buyout program involves acquiring a controlling interest in a company, often with financial incentives for voluntary ...

Not every LBO or its variant, the MBO, works out well for the shareholders, despite the greater involvement of management. Managers may be motivated by personal gain to suggest a short-term buyout ...

This action can take several forms: a management buyout (MBO), where existing managers acquire a significant portion of the company, or a leveraged buyout (LBO), where outside investors use debt ...

Whether it is done through an MBO or LBO, GameStop can be acquired using its year-end net cash balance with management or a sponsor collecting the free cash flow until the business runs its course.

A leveraged buyout, or LBO, occurs when an entity uses borrowed money for the acquisition of another company. Learn why this is done and its risks.

Whatever the procedure — take-private, MBO or leveraged buyout (LBO), another phenomenon of the 1980s — the advantages of privatization have become obvious.