cram-down deal

cram-down deal definition - finance
A merger or leveraged buyout that shareholders, typically of a financially troubled company, are forced to accept because a better option doesnÂ’t exist.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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