Buyout

In finance, a buyout is an investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company, or a majority share of the stock of the company is acquired. The acquiror thereby "buys out" the present equity holders of the target company. A buyout will often include the purchasing of the target company's outstanding debt, which is referred to as "assumed debt" by the purchaser.

Non-finance usage

The term may apply more generally to the purchase by one party of all of the rights of another party with respect to an ongoing transaction between the two. For example:

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Buyout (Breaking Bad)

"Buyout" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 52nd overall episode of the series. Written by Gennifer Hutchison and directed by Colin Bucksey, it originally aired on AMC in the United States on August 19, 2012.

Plot

Upon returning from the train heist, Walt (Bryan Cranston), Mike (Jonathan Banks), and Todd (Jesse Plemons) dismantle the dirt bike belonging to the boy that Todd killed, dissolving the pieces in barrels filled with hydrofluoric acid. They prepare another barrel for the boy. While Todd and Jesse (Aaron Paul) are smoking outside, Todd glibly dismisses the tragedy, leading an incensed Jesse to punch him. After a heated debate, Walt, Jesse, and Mike agree to keep Todd alive and on the payroll with Vamonos Pest, in order to monitor him.

While visiting a park with his granddaughter Kaylee (Kaija Roze Bales), Mike detects a DEA stakeout and taunts them by faking a dead drop and leaving a vulgar message placed under a garbage can. Mike, under pressure from the increased DEA surveillance, and Jesse, still shaken over the recent death, decide to leave the operation and sell their shares of the heisted methylamine to Declan (Louis Ferreira), a Phoenix-based competitor, for $5 million apiece. However, Declan insists on buying the entire lot — including Walt's share — in an effort to remove the blue meth (their biggest competitor) from the market.