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A public company or publicly traded company is a company that has permission to offer its registered securities (stock, bonds, etc.) for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or occasionally a company whose stock is traded over the counter (OTC) via market makers who use non-exchange quotation services. Securities of a public companyUsually, the securities of a publicly traded company are owned by many investors while the shares of a privately held company are owned by relatively few shareholders. A company with many shareholders is not necessarily a publicly traded company. In the United States, in some instances, companies with over 500 shareholders may be required to report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; companies that report under the 1934 Act are generally deemed public companies. The first company to issue shares is thought to be the Dutch East India Company in 1601. From Wikipedia under the
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Earlier this month, it passed the first two of four pivotal clinical trials, demonstrating that its drug is an effective new treatment for chronic constipation. The . company. ...  artipot.com unknown ue, 17 Nov 2009 03:51:11 GM There are many ways to use capital without using bank loans, lines of credit and other shady methods like shelf corps and bogus platform scams. If...  communities.canada.com Brendan Kelly hu, 26 Nov 2009 22:26:01 GM Following that very-. public. screening, La Presse columnist Marc Cassivi noted that there was an embargo and then proceeded to spend the rest of his column happily ripping this Habs-themed movie to shreds. Then a couple of days later, ... From Google Blog Search: "Public company"  news.google.com Wall Street Journal Food company executives say that gradually lowering salt has helped ensure that consumers keep buying the products. Sales of V8 juice have held up well, ... and more » news.google.com CNNMoney.com (press release) Once the merger is completed, the public company will divest its subsidiaries, Kiosk Food Solutions, Inc. and Eddy Chans, Inc via a stock dividend. ... and more » news.google.com CNNMoney.com (press release) These statements are made to provide the public with management's current assessment of the Company's business. Although the Company believes that the ... and more » From Google News Search: "Public company" What does it take to form a public company? Q. I don't mean an exchange-traded company, just a small company that is allowed to advertise its stock and bonds to the public. I also want to qualify for SEC reporting exemptions by keeping it small. Asked by Lobster Dinosaur - Thu Aug 14 23:39:57 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The first thing you have to do is form a corporation. In order to advertise your stocks and bonds you MUST register with and gain the approval of the SEC. You can avoid the SEC if you do one or more private placements, but even then if you offer your stock to more than a ridiculously small number of prospective investors you are subject to SEC registration. SEC registration isn't cheap. You will need a bunch of expensive experts. A CPA firm, lawyers, investment bankers, stock brokers, etc. If you can do it for less than $100,000 I would be very surprised and if it cost a lot more than that I wouldn't be surprised. As far as reporting requirements are concerned as long as you have any outside investors you can expect to have to… [cont.] Answered by jerry-the-bookkeeper - Sat Aug 16 02:06:46 2008 Where can I obtain an "org chart" for a public company (like Disney) that shows the names of the executives? Q. I would like to know where I can obtain an "Organization Chart" for the executives of a public company like Disney. It should show the names of the executives and who reports to who. I would think that any publicly traded company would have to make such information public, but I don't know where to find it. Asked by Mama Bogart - Mon Sep 25 13:37:30 2006 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Go to their investor information and download the latest annual report. Will take some digging, but it's in there! There might be a spot under investor relations that talks about the executives and you can create the org chart fairly easily Answered by words_smith_4u - Mon Sep 25 13:41:44 2006 If a public company goes bankrupt what happens to the stock?
Q. What happens if another company buys it out? The company files bankruptcy? Asked by Vazzini - Fri Feb 9 11:07:27 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. If another company buys it out "before" it goes bankrupt then the new company must buy out the shares from the existing shareholders. As for bankruptcy, the protections under bankruptcy protect the company from is debt holders and stock holders. So the shares become worthless. This happend to KMart. They filed Bankruptcy and the shareholder got nothing. The shares became worthless. Then Eddie Lampert bought up the company out of Bankruptcy and brought it public again. The original shareholders got NOTHING! It all went to Eddie. The stock is now SHLD which has done GREAT but the initial KMart shareholders go no piece of this action! Answered by random_market_investor - Fri Feb 9 11:19:38 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Public company" |
