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''European Union (EU)''.
The transfer of a business from trading on a recognised stock exchange, into private ownership, intended to be for the medium or longer term.


Collective term for the 26 European countries - 22 EU member states, plus four other countries - which have open borders between them.
Also known as a 'public to private' deal.
 
 
The 22 participating EU member states are:
 
:Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
 
The other four members of the Schengen Area are:
 
:Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
 
 
====Four EU member states expected to join Schengen====
The following EU member states are expected to join the Schengen Area in due course:
 
:Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania.
 
 
====Two EU member states opted out of Schengen====
Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) have opted out of the Schengen arrangements.
 
A referendum held in the UK in June 2016 resulted in a vote in favour the the UK leaving the European Union itself.
 
 
====Origins====
The originating Schengen Agreement was signed in 1985 in the Luxembourg village of Schengen, by five countries:
 
:Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.




== See also ==
* [[De-listing]]
* [[Initial public offering ]]
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Listing]]
* [[Privatisation]]
* [[Private equity]]
* [[Short termism]]


== See also ==
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Brexit]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
* [[European Economic Area]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
* [[European Union]]
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Revision as of 14:36, 5 August 2018

The transfer of a business from trading on a recognised stock exchange, into private ownership, intended to be for the medium or longer term.

Also known as a 'public to private' deal.


See also

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