Seasoned equity offering

A seasoned equity offering (SEO) or capital increase is a new equity issued by an already publicly traded company.^[1] Seasoned offerings may involve shares sold by existing shareholders (non-dilutive), new shares (dilutive), or both. If the seasoned equity offering is made by an issuer that meets certain regulatory criteria, it may be a shelf offering.

See also

• Initial public offering – Type of securities offering in which a private company becomes a public company
• Public offering – Offering of securities of a company to the public
• Reduction of capital
• Rights issue – Dividend of subscription rights to buy additional securities in a company
• Secondary market offering – Registered offering of a security that was previously issued to the public