IPOs and Secondaries

IPOs and Secondaries Articles

We had been awaiting a shelf registration statement from Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) for a while now, and now we have gotten that filing this morning.  While the company has downplayed the importance of...
We are starting to see more and more of the second-tier and third-tier energy players and oil and gas players either file for secondary offerings or actually sell shares in public offerings.  Delta...
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has commenced a public offering of common stock to shore up its balance sheet after closing its recent huge merger (acquisition) with Rohm & Haas.   It will...
SolarWinds, Inc. has been on the potential IPO docket for more than a year now.  It looks like it is now going to be closer to fruition.  Keep in mind that this Bain-backed company is different...
Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ:CPST) has agreed to sell 14.45 million units comprised of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase an additional 0.75 of a share of common stock. The...
Is Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) raising more capital or is it not?  It depends upon which news service you believe.  The FT reported that the company was seeking to raise as much as $10...
Diamondback Energy Services, Inc. has filed with the SEC to withdraw its filing for an initial public offering of common stock.  It actually looks like the first filing goes all the way back to...
DigitalGlobe, Inc. may be the next high tech initial public offering, and it looks like several public companies will stand to benefit from it.  This is a high-resolution satellite image operation...
The venture capital community has made a self-serving request of the federal government, but is may not be entirely without merit. The industry’s trade association “called for lower taxes and...
The world’s largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT), is reporting quarterly results lower than even last quarter’s dismal showing. Analysts weren’t expecting much, and they got even...
Nuveen Investments has completed the initial public offering of four new state-specific closed-end funds for municipal bind investors. The funds will begin trading on the NYSE Amex today and the...
SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA; SPWRB) intends to offer 9,000,000 shares of its class A common stock and $175 million worth of senior convertible debentures due 2014 in registered public...
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST) has completed a secondary offering that raised some needed cash for the company.  The hotel-REIT priced a secondary offering of 66,000,000 shares of...
Ellora Energy Inc. has just joined the line of possible initial public offerings.  While no IPO terms were listed, it does plan to sell up to $100 million in securities for filing purposes.  Ellora...
SBA Communications Corp. (SBAC) has made two announcements this morning which could have an impact on shareholders.  First, it  reaffirmed its March quarter revenue targets of $132.0 million  to...