Mantelgesellschaft

== German == === Etymology === Mantel (“coat; shell”) +‎ Gesellschaft (“company; society”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmantl̩ɡəˌzɛlʃaft/ Hyphenation: Man‧tel‧ge‧sell‧schaft === Noun === Mantelgesellschaft f (genitive Mantelgesellschaft, plural Mantelgesellschaften) (finance, law) shell company, blank check company (a company without active business operations or significant assets, used as a vehicle for various financial maneuvers, such as a SPAC) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Firmenmantel (“corporate shell”) Vorratsgesellschaft (“shelf company”) (similar, but usually not listed) Börsenmantel (“listed shell”) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Börsengang (“IPO”) Fusion (“merger”) Übernahme (“acquisition”) ==== Related terms ==== Mantelkauf (“shell acquisition”) Kapitalgesellschaft (“corporation”) Mantelvertrag (“framework agreement”) === References === “Mantelgesellschaft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Mantelgesellschaft” in Duden online === Further reading === Mantelgesellschaft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de