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An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors [1] and usually also to retail (individual) investors. [2] An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges.
A public offering is the offering of securities of a company or a similar corporation to the public. Generally, the securities are to be publicly listed. In most jurisdictions, a public offering requires the issuing company to publish a prospectus detailing the terms and rights attached to the offered security, as well as information on the company itself and its finances.
IPOs are not the only way new securities are issued. Publicly traded companies can issue new shares in what is called a primary issue of debt or stock, which involves the issue by a corporation of its own debt or new stock directly to buyers like pension funds, or to private investors and shareholders. [4] [5]
The much-anticipated Reddit IPO is finally here—and several executives from the social media company’s upper ranks are expected to make a tidy sum once shares begin trading Thursday.
The new fall lineup of IPOs, which also includes marketing automation software firm Klaviyo and German shoe maker Birkenstock, comes just in time for banks like Goldman that hope to end an ...
On a split-adjusted basis, its IPO price of $18.00 per share has been pared down to only $0.075. As of the most recent look, the stock's still trading at over $166 per share, for perspective ...
After the IPO, Zuckerberg was to retain a 22% ownership share in Facebook and was to own 57% of the voting shares. [13] The document also stated that the company was seeking to raise US$ 5 billion, which would make it one of the largest IPOs in tech history and the biggest in Internet history. [14] The roadshow faced a "rough start" initially.
John Collison on Stripe’s growth plans, the obsession over an IPO, and…a potential sibling cage match. Allie Garfinkle. March 14, 2024 at 7:04 AM. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images.