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MANAGEMENT BUY OUT (MBO) Definition & Legal Meaning

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Existing management’s purchase of a firm or one of its divisions generally occur when the parent firm wants to divest a subsidiary or the firm or its division is threatened with closure. The purchase is usually done with outside financing. If all employees participate in the purchase it is known as an employee buy out .

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