The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

British tech firm valued at $52.3bn before highly anticipated flotation on Nasdaq by private owner SoftBank The British chip designer Arm has secured a $52.3bn (£41.9bn) valuation in its initial public offering (IPO), before its highly anticipated return to the stock market in New York on Thursday.

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Global Banking & Finance

MARCH 11, 2024

initial public offering (IPO), the social media platform said on Monday, as it nears one of the most-anticipated stock market debuts […] Reddit targets up to $6.4 billion valuation in much-awaited US IPO By Niket Nishant, Manya Saini and Echo Wang (Reuters) -Reddit is aiming for a valuation of up to $6.4

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Global Banking & Finance

MARCH 4, 2024

billion) initial public offering (IPO) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with the listing to be completed in the first quarter of 2024, subject to capital market […] German perfume retailer Douglas plans $1.2 billion euro (about $1.2

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Global Banking & Finance

JULY 7, 2023

higher in its stock market debut on Friday after the country’s second-largest copper and gold producer raised 10.73 million) in Indonesia’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) […] trillion rupiah ($713.43

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Company also reports it has entered into a Lock-Up Waiver, effective September 29, 2023, whereby the underwriter of the Company’s initial public offering agreed to waive certain lock-up restrictions applicable to up to 100,000 shares of Class B common stock held by the Mobiv Pte.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

(OTC: BBTT) (the “Company”), today announced it plans to expand its operations and revenues by acquiring more companies with the goal of forming a larger corporation prior to pursuing an initial public offering and uplisting to a national stock exchange such as NASDAQ.

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 22, 2023

The remainder of the acquisition is being paid via stock options and performance incentives, Sidus said in a statement. It’s a notably different route than many other space companies, which headed to the public markets via mergers with SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies. Since that time, Sidus has raised at least $5.2

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 3, 2023

(the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MEOA), a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that, since the Company did not complete an initial business combination on or prior to June 30, 2023, the deadline by which the Company must complete an initial business combination pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended (..)

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MergersCorp M&A International

JULY 5, 2024

Convertible bonds are a type of security that offers a steady stream of income but also holds the potential for capital appreciation in the form of a stock. In case the stock price falls, investors have a downside protection and continue to receive their fixed interest payments unlike traditional stock investments.

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The Harvard Law School Forum

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Untenable Case for Perpetual Dual-Class Stock (discussed on the forum here ) and The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers (discussed on the Forum here ) both by Lucian Bebchuk and Kobi Kastiel. This post is based on a memorandum by Mr. Nussbaum, Mr. Roegge, Ms.

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Shearman & Sterling

JANUARY 8, 2019

The case involved three corporations that adopted federal forum-selection provisions for Securities Act claims in their respective certificates of incorporation prior to their initial public offerings.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Initial Public Offering (IPO) One way to exit an investment involves taking the company public through an initial public offering (IPO). An IPO involves offering shares of a privately held company to the public in a new stock issuance.

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Shearman & Sterling

JANUARY 8, 2019

The case involved three corporations that adopted federal forum-selection provisions for Securities Act claims in their respective certificates of incorporation prior to their initial public offerings.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Some of the tax provisions contained in the legislation, including the 1% excise tax on certain stock buybacks, may impact special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) at key points in their life cycle. Did the Inflation Reduction Act Create a SPAC Tax? On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law.

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In the car wash industry, the two largest companies, Mister Car Wash and Driven Brands, are public companies with lagging stock prices that are currently not in a position to make large-scale acquisitions.

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Growth Business

JUNE 5, 2023

We are facing a bear market for high-growth enterprises and a bumpy ride for tech stocks. Exits – the sale of a majority stake or an initial public offering – by female owners sustained its increase in 2022, rising to 171 compared with 147 in the previous year. Anecdotal evidence says women shine in crisis situations.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Arm’s return to public markets is being watched, by both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, as a barometer of investor appetite for new tech offerings.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Softbank’s chief executive, Masayoshi Son, believes the chip design company he bought in 2016 is poised to reap the fruits of the A.I. revolution.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

AUGUST 21, 2023

filing means Arm can begin to gauge investor interest, which will be critical to the share sale.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

I still recall the metric that was drilled into me back then: hit $50 million in revenue and a few back-to-back years of profitability and you, too, can go public. The benefits of going public are significant. It turns out that there are fewer public companies of all types across all industries. stock market.

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M&A Leadership Council

AUGUST 15, 2022

For example, in Switzerland, Sandoz and Ciba spun off their chemicals business units – one as a taxable initial public offering and one as a tax-free “demerger” – before merging their pharmaceutical cores into Novartis. Recent U.S. examples include Sara Lee Corp.’s Sometimes spin-offs precede mergers.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 22, 2023

With the US initial public offering markets continuing to remain largely closed, and special purpose acquisition company combinations being costly and complex, there’s a new kid in town for foreign companies looking to go public in the US: reverse mergers. public company shareholder approval.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Complex and novel transaction structures for the sector also were a prominent result of the market and regulatory environment, with reverse mergers remaining a fixture and stock-for-stock deals and take-private transactions led by private equity sponsors entering the scene.

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Deal Law Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Retail investors are becoming an increasingly significant source of capital on public markets, and dealmakers should be aware of how this development can impact M&A transactions and the decision to go public. Public Companies. Implications for Dealmakers. Private Companies.

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Cooley M&A

APRIL 5, 2024

Background At the center of this case is investment bank Moelis & Company and the stockholder agreement that it entered into with its founder prior to its initial public offering. The charter provision approach, however, may not work for corporations with a single class of common stock.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 20, 2024

Public Limited Company It is a type of entity defined in the Companies Act 2013 as an entity whose shares can be held by the general public. The shares can be traded on stock exchanges or subscribed through Initial Public Offering (IPO). A public limited company is formed with a minimum of 7 shareholders.

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Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Loan Origination or Service Fees: This is a one-time fee charged by the bank when initiating a new loan, serving as a setup fee for the loan process. This can be trading on behalf of their clients (like when you buy a stock through a bank's brokerage service) or proprietary trading where banks invest their own money.

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Growth Business

JULY 11, 2023

3) Aquis Stock Exchange Aquis Stock Exchange , run by NEX, allows businesses to raise capital through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). >See >See also: Here’s how you undertake an IPO in the UK in the best way It’s a stock market which provides primary and secondary markets for equity and debt products.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 22, 2023

For instance, Facebook's initial public offering in 2012 raised $16 billion in contributed capital. For instance, when a company raises capital through a stock issuance, its assets and owner's equity both increase, maintaining the balance of the accounting equation.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Pursuing a “dual-track” process involves preparing for an initial public offering at the same time as running a private M&A process, often through an auction. Stock market forces also make the timing of an eventual outright exit and the final blended valuation of equity sales over time uncertain.

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Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

PE funds typically have 4-to-7-years ownership windows for an investment and look for an exit at the end of that period through a sale or an IPO (initial public offering). Peaked market valuations: When market cycle peaks or an industry fully matures, it may be advantageous for shareholders to cash out.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 30, 2024

Activist target profile: Top flags for tech and healthcare companies Activists are stock pickers – generally building a position at a target company only if they can drive meaningful risk-adjusted returns.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. Let’s dig in. Activists may be able to take advantage of high trading volumes to accumulate positions without early detection.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. In a small number of cases, a class of common stock is offered to the public that has no voting rights at all.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Newly public tech companies (particularly companies that went public via deSPAC transactions) may find themselves particularly in the crosshairs, given that they as a whole dramatically underperformed the broader market in 2022.

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