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[Audio] The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies

JD Supra: Mergers

He warns that the SECs power of investigations expands far and wide, and just being a supplier to a publicly-traded company may lead them to focus on your business. If a private company is acquired by a public one or makes even a non-public offering, there is risk of fraud and SEC.

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Another Delaware Publicly Traded Company Proposes A Nevada Move

JD Supra: Mergers

Rather than convert, the company is proposing to effect the reincorporation by means of a merger with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Last week, Chromocell Therapeutics Corporation filed preliminary proxy materials that included a proposal to reincorporate in Nevada.

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So You Went Public via a Reverse Merger? Are You a Shell Company?

JD Supra: Mergers

In recent years, a variety of alternative paths to public ownership and trading liquidity have emerged. The reverse merger is among one of the oldest alternatives to a conventional IPO for a private company seeking to become publicly traded and, due to a confluence of factors, has recently gained greater marketplace acceptance.

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Say What You Mean: Delaware Court Finds Bump-Up Exclusion Ambiguous as Applied to Mergers Versus Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

Because of the recent escalation in securities litigation that follows a majority of mergers and acquisitions, the Bump-Up Exclusion is of critical importance to publicly traded policyholders. By: Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

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Publicly Traded Tritent International Corp. and Burst Technologies, Inc. Sign MOU to Outline Strategic Merger Plans

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Tritent (OTC:TICJ) and Burst sign MOU for a merger to develop AI-driven billing solutions for U.S. nursing homes, boosting Medicare Part B cost recovery.

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Subscription management firm Zuora agrees to be acquired for $1.7B

TechCrunch: M&A

It’ll take Zuora, which is currently publicly traded, private. Zuora, a company selling software to help businesses manage their subscription-based services, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms GIC and Silver Lake for $1.7 Tien […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Permira completes Squarespace acquisition after upping bid to $7.2B

TechCrunch: M&A

Website builder Squarespace is no longer a publicly traded company, after private equity firm Permira procured all remaining common stock in the firm. Permira first revealed plans to acquire Squarespace back in May, offering shareholders in the NYSE-traded company $44 per share — this equated to an equity valuation of $6.6