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Examples of lockup in a Sentence
the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
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He and other board members are bound by the same lockup agreement.
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Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
But there’s an escape clause written into the deal: Trump can seek a waiver of the lockup from the post-merger board.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Trump can’t sell or leverage his stake in Truth Social for at least six months due to a lockup provision intended to prevent a rapid selloff that could shake investor confidence, but the company has already bolstered Trump’s net worth.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
But over the past few years, the deteriorating conditions and rising death tolls in lockups from New York to Texas to California have attracted increasing scrutiny.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Such lockup periods are standard provisions in corporate deals, designed to instill confidence in investors that the leaders won’t sell before enough time has passed to see how the company performs.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The complaints include their stories as well as information about the importance of in-person contact for the inmates and their loved ones, particularly children, and practices and cost comparisons at other lockups.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2024
Those shares won’t be subject to a lockup, meaning the owners can sell them on the opening day of trading, according to Reddit’s filings.
—Ryan Gould, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Furthermore, shares purchased by users and moderators will not be subject to a lockup, the period after an IPO where insiders and early investors are banned from selling their stock to prevent the price from going down.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
But there’s an escape clause written into the deal: Trump can seek a waiver of the lockup from the post-merger board.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Trump can’t sell or leverage his stake in Truth Social for at least six months due to a lockup provision intended to prevent a rapid selloff that could shake investor confidence, but the company has already bolstered Trump’s net worth.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
But over the past few years, the deteriorating conditions and rising death tolls in lockups from New York to Texas to California have attracted increasing scrutiny.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Such lockup periods are standard provisions in corporate deals, designed to instill confidence in investors that the leaders won’t sell before enough time has passed to see how the company performs.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The complaints include their stories as well as information about the importance of in-person contact for the inmates and their loved ones, particularly children, and practices and cost comparisons at other lockups.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2024
Those shares won’t be subject to a lockup, meaning the owners can sell them on the opening day of trading, according to Reddit’s filings.
—Ryan Gould, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Furthermore, shares purchased by users and moderators will not be subject to a lockup, the period after an IPO where insiders and early investors are banned from selling their stock to prevent the price from going down.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Lockup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lockup. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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