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Your Definitive Guide to Going Public through a Reverse Merger
The Reverse Merger
In a Reverse Merger the private company shareholders purchase control of the
public shell company and then merge it with their private company. The private
company shareholders receive a substantial majority of the shares of the public
company and control of its board of directors. The transaction can be
accomplished within weeks, resulting in the private company becoming a public
company. If the shell is a Reporting SEC registered Company, the private company
does not go through an expensive and time consuming review process with state and
federal regulators because the public company has already completed the process.
The transaction involves the private and shell company exchanging information on
each other, negotiating the merger terms, and signing a share exchange agreement.
At the closing the shell company issues a substantial majority of its shares and
board control to the shareholders of the private company, who pay for the shell
and contribute their private company shares to the shell company they now
control. This share exchange and change of control completes the Reverse Merger
and the private company is now public.
The IPO approach
The other and more common method of going public is through an Initial Public
Offering (IPO). The process involves attracting and retaining an underwriter,
along with securities lawyers and auditors. A registration statement prepared and
filed with federal and state regulators after which the company goes through an
extensive review process. Following the review process, the company goes on a
road show and is presented to brokers and investors. The underwriter seeks
subscriptions to purchase the company's shares. If the subscriptions are
sufficient, the underwriting becomes "firm". The IPO is then closed, the company
is public, and the company receives its portion of the offering proceeds.
Our Inventory of "Clean" Public Shells
We are forming a series of clean Public Shells to assist private
businesses to qualify for listing on the NASD's Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. These
companies will be SEC reporting companies with SEC-qualified audited financial
statements showing that they are absolutely clean. Each company has 100,000,000
Common Shares and 20,000,000 Preferred Shares authorized.
We are the only stockholder of these companies. Thus, there will be no unknown
shareholders in your deal. You will know where all the stock in the float is
located.
The purchaser of our Public Shell will do a reverse merger into a Shell. A
merger filing will be made with the SEC and other required disclosure statements.
We will then proceed to register the shares of your private investors for resale
and when the SEC clears the filing, the whole process of going public closes and
our market maker will file a Form 211 to get the surviving company listed and
trading on the NASD's OTC Bulletin Board or NASDAQ small-cap (if qualify).
Legal Matters & SEC Filings
Our financial consultant will prepare the SEC filings and our SEC attorney will
prepare all required SEC opinions if necessary. You should separately retain an
attorney for the transaction. Our attorney cannot represent our companies and you
because to do so would be a conflict of interest. None of the legal work required
of your attorney will be SEC work. It will be corporate work, involving matters
such as recapitalization of the company, representation in the merger and
drafting or modifying various contracts or agreements and assuring that these
agreements are still in place after the transaction completes. We can help you
locate qualified counsel if you desire.
Market Makers
We are in contact with several respectable Market Makers on the OTC Bulletin
Board. We will introduce your company to a Market Maker who will file Form 211
for listing on the OTC BB.
Want to Go Public Now?
Contact Us for more information at info@otctraders.com.
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