Mar 3, 2022 16:08
2 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Rachat à
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Share acquisition
"Rachat à" has me puzzled.
Rachat à la société XXX de zz % (sur une base pleinement diluée) des Actions qu'elle détient dans la société YYY, soit nnn Actions.
Rachat à la société XXX de zz % (sur une base pleinement diluée) des Actions qu'elle détient dans la société YYY, soit nnn Actions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | purchase from |
Rob Grayson
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| 3 +3 | Buyback of shares |
Bashiqa
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| 4 | Buyback of shares from |
Robert Armes
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| 3 -1 | buy-out from |
Adrian MM.
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Proposed translations
+5
8 mins
Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Related KudoZ points
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444
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purchase from
"Racheter" takes an indirect object to specify from whom the direct object (in this case shares in YYY) is being purchased, e.g. "AAA a racheté des actions à ZZZ".
So, to your text: "Purchase from XXX of zz% (on a fully diluted basis) of its shareholding in YYY, equating to nnn shares."
Nothing to scratch one's head about.
So, to your text: "Purchase from XXX of zz% (on a fully diluted basis) of its shareholding in YYY, equating to nnn shares."
Nothing to scratch one's head about.
Peer comment(s):
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Daryo
: even if they are "buying back shares in themselves / own shares" it's still correct.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Anastasia Kalantzi
4 hrs
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| agree |
Jennifer Levey
8 hrs
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| agree |
Steve Robbie
: or of course "buyback/repurchase from" if appropriate ("fully diluted basis" suggests that it might be).
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Perhaps :)
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| agree |
writeaway
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
2 mins
Buyback of shares
Not really my feld and must dash.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Timothy Rake
1 min
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| agree |
Conor McAuley
2 mins
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| neutral |
Rob Grayson
: IMO this has nothing to do with a buyback. In financial contexts like this, "racheter" is very often best translated simply as "purchase" or "buy".
9 mins
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| neutral |
Daryo
: maybe, but so far it's just an assumption.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Julie Barber
: Certainly a possibility (probably the main possibility) https://www.ig.com/fr/glossaire-trading/rachat-d-actions-def...
3 days 17 hrs
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7 mins
Buyback of shares from
I'm under the impression the query was about the use of "à" here
-1
53 mins
Adrian MM.
Austria
Austria
Native in English
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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31
buy-out from
if qu'elle* détient dans la société YYY means celle-ci*, namely la société XXX and the subject of the rachat (le racheteur / la racheteuse) is not la société YYY, so a YYY buy-back or a textbook 'redemption' of its own shares.
Unclear from the context who is doing the 'rachat' ...
I agree with the prepositional phrase of 'from'.....
Unclear from the context who is doing the 'rachat' ...
I agree with the prepositional phrase of 'from'.....
Example sentence:
IATE: fr rachat de parts COM en redemption COM 823164 2 financial institutions and credit [FINANCE] business organisation [BUSINESS AND COMPETITION] FINANCE Consilium fr rachat de parts Consilium en repurchase of units
Peer comment(s):
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Rob Grayson
: Whoever is doing the buying, buyout is the wrong word.//Nothing in the given text suggests an MBO. And please show me the KudoZ rule about not commenting on others' answers.
2 hrs
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Buy-out had been the standard translation on our FT spin-off magazine cf. rajout https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachat_de_l'entreprise_par_les... management buyout. Nor is it *etiquette* to comment on another poster's answer after posting your own.
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Discussion
It's important because "rachat=buyback" is true ONLY if the shares issuer is the one buying them, otherwise assuming it out of thin air could result in a nasty mistranslation - particularly not good when money is involved.
Is "la société YYY" buying shares held in itself by "la société XXX"
Or is the one doing this "rachat" neither of them?