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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831031803321

Autore

Lipman Frederick D

Titolo

International and U.S. IPO planning [[electronic resource] ] : a business strategy guide / / Frederick D. Lipman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2009

ISBN

0-470-47867-5

1-119-19784-8

1-282-00894-3

9786612008948

0-470-43037-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

658.15

658.15/224

658.15224

658.4012

Soggetti

Going public (Securities) - United States

Corporations - United States - Finance

Going public (Securities)

Corporations - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction.Chapter 1. The Pros and Cons of a U.S. IPO.Part One. Advanced Ipo Planning.Chapter 2. Develop an Impressive Management and Professional Team.Chapter 3. Grow the Company's Business with an Eye to the Public Marketplace.<Chapter 4. Obtain Audited or Auditable Financial Statements Using IPO Acceptable Accounting Principles.Chapter 5. Cleaning Up the Company's Act.Chapter 6. Establish Anti-Takeover Defenses.Chapter 7. Develop Good Corporate Governance.Chapter 8. Create Insider Bail-Out Opportunities and Take Advantage of IPO Windows.Part Two. International IPOS.Chapter 9. Structuring an International IPO.Chapter 10. Income Tax Considerations in Establishing or Migrating a Corporation Off-Shore By (Joseph T. Gulant, ESQ.).Part Three. Traditional And Non Traditional IPOS In The U.



S.Chapter 11. Traditional U.S. IPOs.Chapter 12. Reverse Mergers into Public Shells By (Jane Storero, Esq.).Chapter 13. Using a SPAC to Go Public By (Brad L. Shiffman, Esq.).Chapter 14. Regulation A: The $5 Million Offering.Chapter 15. SCOR: The $1 Million Do-It-Yourself Registered Offering.Appendix A. List of International Stock Exchange Websites.Appendix B. Responses of International Exchanges to IPO Survey.Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for International and U.S. IPO Planning ""Perhaps the greatest value of Frederick Lipman's new book on initial public offerings derives-as its title indicates-from the emphasis that it places on planning. Lipman makes abundantly clear that an IPO is not something to be rushed into by every fledgling firm, as was typical during the dot.com boom of the late 1990s. Indeed, his extensive treatment of the many aspects of preparing a company for an IPO, particularly the non financial aspects, helps the reader to focus on the most important question of all: Is an IPO appropriat