M&A Foundations · glossary

Ordinary course (of business)

The way the target normally runs its business, consistent with past practice. Between signing and completion the seller typically promises to keep the company in the ordinary course, so the buyer receives at completion the business it priced at signing. Clause 6.1 · Chapter 13

Explained in Chapter 13, Signing to Completion, of M&A Foundations.

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