The purchase by a group of private investors of all the equity of a public corporation,primarily through debt financing,is known as a(n):

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The purchase of all the equity of a public corporation through debt financing is known as a leveraged buyout (LBO). The other options aren't applicable to this situation: 
A) IPO refers to the initial public offering of a company's stock.
B) SEO refers to a secondary offering of stock by a company that is already publicly traded.
D) Debt buyout is not a commonly used term and does not specifically refer to the purchase of equity through debt financing.
E) Equity buyout is not a commonly used term and is not specific to the use of debt financing.

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