Equity cap

Equity cap

An agreement in which one party, for an up-front premium, agrees to pay the other at specific time periods if a designated stock market benchmark tops a predetermined level.

Equity Cap

1. The maximum amount of equity in a company an investor or class of investors is allowed to hold. A government may place an equity cap on the amount of equity a foreign national or company may possess in domestic companies, or in certain industries thought to be important.

2. Informal for equity capital. Equity capital is money raised by owners of a company. A common example of equity capital is the funding raised by issuing stock.