ADJUSTABLE RATE PREFERRED Definition

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ADJUSTABLE RATE PREFERRED (ARP) is preferred stock issues in which dividends are reset quarterly either at a fixed spread or at a percentage of the highest of three benchmarks on the yield curve. Also known as floating­-rate preferreds.

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DEFERRED EXPENDITURE is an expenditure for which payment has been made or a liability incurred but which is carried forward on the presumption that it will be of benefit over a subsequent period or periods. This is also referred to as deferred revenue expenditure.

STATUTORY CONSOLIDATION is a merger where a new corporate entity is created from the two merging entities; the two merging entities then cease to exist. See also STATUTORY MERGER.

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