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Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Why Go Public? Advantages of Being Public Disadvantages of Being Public Weighing the Pros and Cons Chapter 2: Pre-2012: The History of Regulation A & the Death of Small Company IPOs Regulation A – Not Too Popular Before 2012 Reg A Through the Years Why Small Companies Struggled to Go Public before the JOBS Act Reg A vs. Private Offering Under Regulation D And so…… Chapter 3: The Jobs Act and Its Genesis “Old” Regulation A Feldman First Proposes “Reg A+” at SEC Conference Development and Enactment of the JOBS Act Other Key Elements of the JOBS Act Reg A+ Title IV Language And so… Chapter 4: The SEC’s Rules Under Title IV Regulation A+; Court Challenge SEC’s Reg A+ Rule Proposal Comment Process Final Reg A+ Rules Massachusetts and Montana’s Failed Lawsuit Against the SEC And so…… Chapter 5: Offering Statement and Light Reporting Preparation; Testing the Waters Offering Statement Preparation Light Reporting Preparation Testing the Waters And so…… Chapter 6 – Early Experience With Regulation A+ – Wall Street Partners With Main Street Who Is Utilizing Reg A+? Attractive Industries And so…… Chapter 7 – Potential Changes To Regulation A OTC Markets Petition Blue Sky Issues Testing the Waters Issues Other Issues And so…… Chapter 8 – Basics of Reverse Mergers Overview of Reverse Mergers IPOs vs. Reverse Mergers A Little History, Rule 419 and Subsequent Rulemakings The Importance of Due Diligence in Reverse Mergers And so…… Chapter 9 – Troubled Industry: China, Seasoning Rules, Bogus Shells The China Bubble Pops The SEC Responds With Draconian Seasoning Rules Bogus Shells and Prosecutions And so…… Chapter 10 – the Future of Reverse Mergers Reverse Merger then OTC Trading Bypass Seasoning with $40MM Public Offering Merger with an Operating Public Company The Real Risks of Using Bogus Shells The Future Supply and Cost of Shells And so…… Chapter 11: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) Introduction to SPACs: The GKN Experience The First SPAC Resurgence–Bubble and Bust SPACs’ Recent Return What Is the Future of SPACs? And so… Chapter 12: Self-Filings How Do Shares of Stock Become Tradable? Self-Filing Through Form S-1 Resale Registration Mechanics of Form S-1 Self-Filing Self-Filing Through Form 10 Registration And so… Chapter 13: Other IPO Alternatives Intrastate Exemption Rule 504 Regulation S And so… Chapter 14: The Experts Speak – A Look Ahead Current Political and Economic Environment Current Developments And so… About the Author Index
