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Fair Market Value The price based on the current market value determ... Add a comment 0
FAQs Frequently Asked Questions.... Add a comment 0
FASB (USA) The Financial Accounting Standards Board. Th... Add a comment 0
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (USA) A US federal agency that insures deposits in... Add a comment 0
FICA U.S. Federal Insurance Contribution Act. Refers to... Add a comment 0
Final Prospectus The final version of a prospectus which includes t... Add a comment 0
Final Salary Plan A retirement plan in which the employees’ benefits... Add a comment 0
Financial Services Authority (FSA) The Financial Services Authority is an independent... Add a comment 0
FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Ac (USA) A law subjecting foreign investors owning US... Add a comment 0
First Preferred Stock Preferred stock which takes precedence over other ... Add a comment 0
First Refusal See `Right of First Refusal’. ... Add a comment 0
Float or Free Float or Public Float The number of shares not held by corporate insider... Add a comment 0
Flowback (USA) Term used to describe securities initially o... Add a comment 0
Follow-on Investment An additional investment by existing investors, wh... Add a comment 0
Forfeiture Period Period during which employees holding forfeitable ... Add a comment 0
Form 10-K A form required to be filed annually with the SEC ... Add a comment 0
Form 10-Q A form required to be filed quarterly including un... Add a comment 0
Form 2OF This is an integrated form used both as a registra... Add a comment 0
Form 6-K The form filed with the SEC by foreign companies s... Add a comment 0
Form 8-A The form filed with the SEC to register a company’... Add a comment 0
Form 8-K A form required to be filed with the SEC by any US... Add a comment 0
Form S-1 The most complete version, required for initial pu... Add a comment 0
Form S-2 Intermediate version, used for public companies al... Add a comment 0
Form S-3 Short version, used for public companies already r... Add a comment 0
Form SB-2 Similar to Form S-1, but somewhat abbreviated, for... Add a comment 0
Form U-7 A form of registration at the state level for offe... Add a comment 0
Forms See `Registration Statement’ and `Reporting Compan... Add a comment 0
Forms 3, 4 and 5 Reports to the SEC required to be made under Secti... Add a comment 0
Forms F-1, 2, and 3 For foreign companies; correspond with Forms S-1, ... Add a comment 0
Forward Pricing (USA) The SEC requirement that open-end investment... Add a comment 0
Founder’s Stock Stock issued to the founders of a company, usually... Add a comment 0
Free Float See `Float’. ... Add a comment 0
Freezeout A process whereby a controlling stockholder of a c... Add a comment 0
FTSE 100 An index based on the stock of the top 100 compani... Add a comment 0
Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share Common stock earnings per share calculated as if a... Add a comment 0
FUTA U.S. Federal Unemployment Tax Act.... Add a comment 0


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