Sentences with phrase «public stock offering because»

But a month after Obama's visit, Solyndra canceled a planned initial public stock offering because the market response wasn't favorable.

Not exact matches

To get money back to the investors they have to be able to sell their shares in your company, either because you've sold shares on the public stock markets (called going public, or initial public offering) or because you've been acquired by another company.

Making matters worse, there were a growing number of public companies that found themselves unable to carry out additional stock offerings because either their financial conditions or their industries seemed too shaky.

While some shareholders argue that Dell's stock will continue to go up if the company remains public because investors are realizing the value of the company, Niles said that he only sees the stock declining if shareholders refuse Dell's offer.

Because of the ten - to - one voting ratio between our Class B and Class A common stock, the holders of our Class B common stock collectively will hold more than a majority of the combined voting power of our common stock upon the completion of our initial public offering, and therefore such holders will be able to control all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval.

Calculated by starting with a firm's total outstanding shares and subtracting a) closely - held shares (major shareholders and employee) and b) restricted stock (insider shares that can not be traded because of a temporary restriction such as the lock - up period after an initial public offering).

The sort of discussion you have about who is your next CEO regards a private company, not a publicly owned company, and should be handled in private — just because a company offers stock to the public does not make it «public» in any relative sense.

It is said that these sorts of offerings require less regulatory hassle because they're described as software pre-sales rather than public stock offerings, but it's unclear if this claim is true at this point in time.

The documents make it clear that Zuckerberg, a hands - on leader, will retain control over the company even after the stock offering because of special shares he will own that carry 10 times the voting rights of public shares.