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IPO lock up

A contract stipulation that most publically traded companies use, which prohibits majority shareholders or those within the organization from selling their shares soon after the company goes public. The restriction typically lasts 90 to 180 days. Also called lock up period.

Related information about IPO lock up:
  1. IPO Lock-Up Definition | Investopedia
    A contractual caveat referring to a period of time after a company has initially gone public, usually between 90 to 180 days. During these initial days of trading, ...
     
  2. Facebook stock down after post-IPO lock-up expires - Yahoo! Finance
    Oct 31, 2012 ... From Yahoo! Finance: Facebook's stock price fell Wednesday, the day employees were eligible to start selling restricted stock in the company.
     
  3. Short Trade: Supernus IPO Lock-Up - TheStreet
    Oct 31, 2012 ... Supernus share should fall now that 10 million shares under lock-up can now be sold.
     
  4. Angie's List Shares Crushed As Post-IPO Lock-Up Expires - Forbes
    Aug 14, 2012 ... Here's an ominous sign of what Facebook investors could face in the weeks and months ahead as the company's insider-lockup provisions ...
     
  5. The IPO Buzz: Busting the Lock-Up Myth - IPO Scoop
    These headlines - “As Lock-Up Expires, Groupon's Shares Plunge” and “ Groupon shares drop as IPO lock-up ends” – ran on two major financial news services ...
     
  6. StreetInsider.com - IPO Lock-Up, Fiscal Cliff Could Intesify Selling in ...
    Nov 14, 2012 ... All eyes will be on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Wednesday ahead of a massive IPO lock-up expiration. Today, 852 million Facebook shares, ...
     
  7. IPO Lock-Up - What Does It Mean?
    Definition of IPO Lock-Up - Financial and Stock Market Dictionary The IPO lock- up period, which is usually between three and six months, prevents insiders and ...
     
  8. Facebook stock down after post-IPO lock-up expires
    Facebook stock down after post-IPO lock-up expires. Print Email. 2012-10-31T15: 14:26Z 2012-10-31T16:02:17Z Facebook stock down after post-IPO lock-up ...