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Exchange offer

  1. An offer made by an issuer to holders of one class of its securities to exchange that class of security for another class of security. Often an exchange offer is made for debt securities sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144A to exchange those unregistered securities for a registered security with the same terms and conditions.