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Golden Parachute
Definition of Golden Parachute
A Golden Parachute is an employment perk that is given to upper management.
Golden parachute contract terms will give a large payout to executives upon the occurrence of certain change of control transactions.
For example, two common golden parachute triggers are if the company is bought out or if a certain percentage of company equity is purchased by an outside entity.
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