Archive for January 21st, 2009
Tip of the Week: Post-Merger Registration
By David Feldman at 21 January, 2009, 6:55 pm
Life used to be so simple. Companies merged with shells, after which any shareholders holding restricted, or untradable shares, would register their shares for resale and be able to sell them in a matter of a few months. Sometimes, this registration encompassed almost all the shares outstanding in the merged company. Trading then commenced, and the reverse merger technique was validated.
Read More >>Chris Cox, Ex-Chairman
By David Feldman at 21 January, 2009, 12:32 pm
The SEC’s website now lists Christopher Cox as the Commissioner’s former Chairman, having resigned on January 20, 2009. Yet I hadn’t seen any sort of announcement, but there you are. Now we wait for Mary Schapiro to be confirmed as the 29th Chairperson and its first female chair. It is not clear yet when that [...]
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