HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Secondary distribution or offeringThe financial definition for Secondary distribution or offering:Public sale of previously issued securities held by large investors, usually corporations or institutions, as distinguished from a primary distribution, where the seller is the issuing corporation. The sale is handled off the NYSE, by a securities firm or a group of firms, and the shares are usually offered at a fixed price related to the current market price of the stock. Similar MatchesCapital gains distributionCapital gains distributionA distribution to the shareholders of a mutual fund out of profits from selling stocks or bonds, that is subject to capital gains taxes for the shareholders. Cumulative probability distributionCumulative probability distributionA function that shows the probability that the random variable will attain a value less than or equal to each value that the random variable can take on. DistributionDistributionSelling a large lot of a security in such a way that the security price is not heavily influenced. Further SuggestionsDistribution areaDistribution Cost Advantage Dividend distribution Early distribution Exchange distribution Fractal Distribution Frequency distribution Click to compare definitions of Secondary distribution or offering Click to view definitions beginning se |