May 30, 2006 21:14
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English term

took the company private

English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) Media Release
xxx, Executive Director and Head of Corporate Investment, commenting for xxx Company, said “We took the company private in 2006.
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May 30, 2006 21:35: Konstantin Kisin changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Business/Commerce (general)"

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removed the company from public listings

i.e. it stopped being a public company (whose shares can be bought and sold) and became privately owned (in this case by xxx and possibly others)

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-05-30 21:22:43 GMT)
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what is described here is a typical example of a management buyout, where the executives of a company buy up its shares
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