Initial Public Offerings In order to gain funds for their organization, companies use initial public offerings (IPOs) to introduce their first sale of stock to the market, which is available to investors. An IPO allows a company to tap a wide pool of investors to provide itself with capital for future growth, repayment of debt or working capital (Wikipedia.com). Avaya, a global leader in business communications and phone systems, is considering an IPO in the near future but is uncertain of which
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Change Gene One is a company that entered the biotech industry in 1996. It developed gene technology that eradicated disease in tomatoes and potatoes helped them grow to a 400 million dollar company. The leaders of Gene One recognize the need to go public within the next few years and consider options to keep competitive in a growing market. Two possible strategies that the remaining leadership of Gene One could use to lead the company to two distinct but desirable outcomes while remaining an innovative
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Living is voted "Magazine of the Year" by Ad Age; the Martha by Mail catalogue is launched. • 1997: Stewart buys the company bearing her name from Time Warner. • 1999: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. The initial public offering was one of the most successful ever and made her a billionaire. • 2001: Stewart avoided a loss of $45,673 by selling all 3,928 shares of her ImClone Systems stock • 2002: Martha Stewart resigned her position, held
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company will use cash from the initial public offering, bank borrowings and internally generated funds to finance the project. The factory is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2012. The company plans to expand its number of cafés in Malaysia. It also plans to expand its outlets in Singapore (2012: nine outlets) and Indonesia (2012: two outlets). The company has reached the tipping point in terms of expansion, and looked to the initial public offering to gather more funds for its
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Management at DeVry College of New York Managerial Finance FIN516 Initial Public Offering By: Ayanna Teesdale Tianyi Liu Marco Palli Cafarelli Prof. Dr. Hamlet, Michael. January – February 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Condensed information of Visa Inc. is presented by revising the historical events and based on the respective 10-K Filing that this company published every year since its Initial Public Offering (IPO). First, the paper opens with a review of the company and its industry
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There are many factors of strength that can be found in a company who’s going public, as well as the company understands that with going public, their real capital can be created. This capital can allow more money to go towards research and development, pay for current capital expenditures, or even help pay off existing debts (Investopedia, 2009). When an organization is publicly traded, this means that the public can notice a company on a much larger scale, than they would have in the past. There
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Initial public offerings Initial public offerings Keith Broomfield Jr Trident University FIN501 Strategic Corporate Finance Professor: John Halstead Summer 2013 Keith Broomfield Jr Trident University FIN501 Strategic Corporate Finance Professor: John Halstead Summer 2013 Module 1 Case Module 1 Case 1) What type of IPO should AVG use—a traditional IPO or an online auction? Based on your analysis and findings, what would you recommend to the executives of AVG? Explain your reasoning
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However, in the capital market especially, in the share market some problems are hindering the smooth running of the same; as a result, the capital market through the share market cannot substantially contribute towards the GDP of this country. There are four Interested Groups in the capital market and they are Issuer, Savings holder/Investor, Intermediaries and Securities Exchange Commission. Without the combined contribution of them the position of capital market can no longer be developed. The
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Class-- Professor Popovitch 8/27/2011 12:32:01 PM It is generally understood that the foremost purpose of a business enterprise is to maximize the owners' return on investment. Is this a good thing? Where does social responsibility fit into the equation (if at all)? Can you cite examples of companies that took the profit-maximization mandate too far at the expense of society as a whole? Respond RE: Class-- Ligia Filion 8/31/2011 10:17:03 PM A prime example of investment
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