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Private companies are not allowed to offer their shares for sale to the public.   
Private placement is a form of securities issuance that has no exact definition.   


For this reason, private companies are subject to lighter regulation and reporting requirements, compared with listed companies.
It usually refers to an issue that has been designed for a specific set of investor needs at a particular time.




However, even privately owned companies must make regular filings of financial and other information at the companies registry, in prescribed formats.
As such it is not normally expected to be traded in the secondary market and is not a 'public' issue. 
 
It is not normally expected to be listed on an exchange.
 
 
A wide variety of securities under various names are private placements.
 
In Germany, [[Schuldschein]] are a form of private placements, for example.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Companies House]]
* [[Assessing the US private placement market from a corporate perspective]]
* [[Companies registry]]
* [[Listing]]
* [[Company]]
* [[Issue]]
* [[Control premium]]
* [[NAIC]]
* [[Initial public offering]]
* [[PEPP]]
* [[Limited company]]
* [[Placement]]
* [[Listed company]]
* [[Placing]]
* [[Primary market]]
* [[Private bond]]
* [[Public company]]
* [[Private equity]]
* [[Reverse takeover]]
* [[Rule 144A]]
* [[Schuldschein]]
* [[Secondary market]]
* [[Secondary market]]
* [[Unlimited company]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Trade sale]]
* [[USPP]]
 
 
===Other links===
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8624 Developing a UK Private Placement market – interim report of the PP15+ working group, 2012]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Corporate_financial_management]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]

Revision as of 20:44, 27 December 2020

Private placement is a form of securities issuance that has no exact definition.

It usually refers to an issue that has been designed for a specific set of investor needs at a particular time.


As such it is not normally expected to be traded in the secondary market and is not a 'public' issue.

It is not normally expected to be listed on an exchange.


A wide variety of securities under various names are private placements.

In Germany, Schuldschein are a form of private placements, for example.


See also


Other links

Developing a UK Private Placement market – interim report of the PP15+ working group, 2012