Chapter 4 - Types of Offerings Flashcards
What is the purpose of Regulation D?
prohibits the sale of unregistered securities
What is a Firm Commitment?
underwriter to sell ALL of issuer’s securities for deal to close
What is a Best Efforts?
underwriter to sell ALL of issuer’s securities on a BEST EFFORT basis
What is a Best Efforts, All-or-None?
underwriter to sell ALL of issuer’s securities on a BEST EFFORT basis; underwriter MUST sell ALL of issuer’s securities for deal to close
What is a Best Efforts, MINI-MAXI?
underwriter to sell ALL of issuer’s securities on a BEST EFFORT basis; underwriter MUST sell A MINIMUM number of issuer’s securities for deal to close
What is a Shelf Registration?
allows issuer to enter market at the opportune moment
What is the pre-registration period?
the time frame before the issuer registers with the SEC
What is the Cooling Off period?
interval between date registered and enforcement date
What is a Non-Listed IPO?
a non-listed company’s IPO
What is a Non-Listed follow on offering?
a non-listed company’s decides to add more securities after their IPO
What is a Listed, Follow-on, Offering?
when a listed company’s decides to add more securities after their IPO
What is private placement?
offering to select few, friends, family and QIBs
What is Rule 504?
allows issuers to sell $10mil in securities in 12 months
What is Rule 506(b)?
securities can only be bought by accredited investors or up to 35 un-accredited investor
What is Rule 506(c)?
an unlimited amount of offerings can be made to accredited investors