Examples of market soundings include situations in which the sell-side firm has been in discussions with an issuer about a potential transaction, and it has decided to gauge potential investor interest in order to determine the terms that will make up a transaction; where an issuer intends to announce a debt issuance or additional equity offering and key investors are contacted by a sell-side firm and given the full terms of the deal to obtain a financial commitment to participate in the transaction; or where the sell-side is seeking to sell a large amount of securities on behalf of an investor and seeks to gauge potential interest in those securities from other potential investors.
Áirítear i measc samplaí de shondálacha margaidh cuinsí ina raibh an gnólacht taobh díola i mbun cainteanna le heisitheoir faoi idirbheart ionchasach, agus inar chinn sé spéis infheisteoirí ionchasacha a mheas d’fhonn na téarmaí a bheidh in idirbheart a chinneadh; i gcás ina mbeartóidh eisitheoir eisiúint fiach nó tairiscint cothromais breise a fhógairt agus ina ndéanfaidh infheisteoirí lárnacha teagmháil le gnólacht taobh díola agus mar gheall ar théarmaí iomlána na déileála ceangaltas airgeadais a fháil chun páirt a ghlacadh san idirbheart; nó i gcás go mbeidh an taobh díola ag féachaint le líon mór urrús a dhíol thar ceann infheisteora agus go bhféachfaidh sé le spéis ionchasach sna hurrúis sin ó infheisteoirí ionchasacha eile a mheas.