IPO Step 4: What is an IPO Roadshow?
Aside from the Prospectus Summary, what are the other contents of Form S-1?
Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A): Additional Form S-1 contents includes sections such as Risk Factors, the “Cap Table”, the Business, Financial Statements, a discussion of Executive Compensation, the Management/Board, and Corporate Governance.
What is a Form S-1 Prospectus Summary?
The Prospectus Summary is the most read part of S-1 and includes:
IPO Step 3: What is the timeline of drafting and filing a Form S-1? What steps are required to complete the S-1 drafting and filing process?
Drafting the Form S-1 can take 30 to 60 days and the SEC review takes approximately 75 to 120 days from the initial filing. The entire process can take more than six months to complete.
IPO Step 2: What diligence and preparation steps should be taken prior to drafting a Form S-1?
IPO Step 1: How should the underwriters be selected?
Key considerations include:
What is the average cost of going public?
According to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study, between January 2015 and December 2022, the average going public costs of a company that had annual gross revenue of $250M to $500M in the previous 12 months and generated IPO proceeds between $250M to $500M across all industries is between $17M and $31M. The breakdown of each individual […]