Completing a Small Business IPO

Completing a Small Business IPO provides a wide range of practical tools designed to streamline and simplify IPO documentation, administration and compliance. You ll find long- and short-form letters of intent, indemnification and underwriting agreements, sample employee stock purchase and stock incentive plans, a sample prospectus, sample regulators comments, and many more. All proven in practice and ready for quick customization to meet your specific needs. At the heart of Completing a Small Business IPO are 14 comprehensive chapters each focusing on key steps in the IPO process, and each providing in-depth guidance on business, financial and regulatory requirements and considerations. This one volume provides procedural guidance and real-world precedents in these critical areas: evaluating the IPO option; finding the right lead investment banker; negotiating valuation and and the engagement letter or letter of intent; completing due diligence; preparing the registration statement; developing an effective roadshow; pricing and closing the IPO; and more: Numerous practical tools simplify and streamline this complex process Up-to-date regulatory coverage helps you ensure compliance Focus points for both company and underwriter counsel Targeted advice on e-offerings and e-roadshows, free writing prospectuses, and use of electronic and other forms of graphic communications before and after the first filing Descriptive and helpful examples and case studies inform critical decisions