This document provides information about initial public offerings (IPOs), the process of an IPO, reasons for companies to pursue an IPO, factors to consider regarding market conditions and timing, and potential disadvantages and alternatives. It also discusses examples of IPO failures, including TheGlobe.com which saw its share price decline drastically after its IPO during the dot-com crash, and Shanda Games whose underwriters set too high of an opening share price, resulting in an immediate 14% loss.
2. Initial Public Offering
A type of public offering where shares of stock in
a company are sold to the general public, on a
securities exchange
OR
The first sale of stock (shares) by a private
company to the public.
3. Reasons for IPO
used by companies to raise expansion capital
to possibly monetize/liquidate the investments
of early private investors
to become publicly traded enterprises
enhance corporate image, thus providing
visibility
creating multiple financing opportunities:
equity, convertible debt, cheaper bank loans
4. Process for IPO
First thing hire an investment bank which
acts as underwriter
The company and the bank then meet to
negotiate the deal
Discuss how much amount of money a
company will raise, the type of
securities[preferred or common] to be issued
5. 1. Select an underwriter
An underwriter is an investment firm that acts
as an intermediary between a company selling
securities and the investing public
The underwriter is the principal player in the
IPO
Typically, the underwriter buys the securities
for less than the offering price and accepts the
risk of not being able to sell them
6. 2. Negotiating the deal
Register with SEC [Securities and Exchange
Commission]
Red Herring Print prospectus describing
details of issuing corporation and proposed
offering
Road-Show presented to
institutional/potential investors allowing firms
to raise interest and thus the price of shares
7. 3. Pricing and Selling
The securities are priced based on the value
of the company and expected demand for the
securities
Examples of valuation methods:
NetPresent Value
Earnings/Price ratios
A full-fledged selling effort gets under way on
the effective date of the registration statement
A final prospectus must accompany the
delivery of securities
8. Is it a good time to do an IPO?
Determinants of suitability:
The degree of urgency for financing your
company
The general stock market condition
The industry market condition
The frequency and size of all IPOs in the
financial cycle
9. Financing New Ideas
Personal savings
Bank
Government
Large industrial companies
Venture Capital Funds
Mostly organized as private partnerships
Need to prepare a business plan for funding
They invest in stages to control risk
They require board representation and get shares
10. IPO activity based on
Demand/Supply
Demand-side explanation:
start-up firms with good projects cannot get
private funding and they use IPO for raising
capital
Ifa hot issue period* is driven by demand-side for
funds then it may be advantageous for a new firm
to go public
* hot issue period - A time period with a lot of IPOs
11. IPO activity based on
Demand/Supply
Supply-side explanation:
during some time periods, investors and
institutions that invest in IPOs have excess
funds to invest
Ifa hot issue period is driven by supply-side then
a new firm may be better off delaying to go public
- competition for funds
12. Factors to keep in mind before
applying in an IPO
Investors need to carefully go through the Red
Herring(preliminary prospectus) and the final
prospectus filed with the ROC
Objects of the issues and its risk factors
Companys & its Promoters track record in running
a business
Issue Price
Capital structure of the company
Tax benefits
Any published reports that forecast the future
earnings
13. Disadvantages of the IPO
Expensive
A typical firm may spend about 15-25% of the
money raised on direct
expenses[legal/marketing/accounting]
Reporting responsibilities
Public companies must continuously file reports
with the SEC and the stock exchange they list on
Loss of control
Ownership is transferred to outsiders who can
take control and even fire the entrepreneur
cont..
14. Disadvantages..
Requirement to disclose financial and
business information
Meaningful time, effort and attention required
of senior management
Public dissemination of information which may
be useful to competitors, suppliers and
customers
Risk that required funding will not be raised
Market forces the company to sacrifice long
term gains for short term profits
15. Alternatives to IPO
Strategic partnerships
Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)
Private Placement of Stock and Bonds
Reverse Mergers
Private Equity
16. IPO Failures
TheGlobe.com
- One of the first big social media websites. In 1998, at the peak of
the Internet boom floated the idea of going public, a decision that
paid off handsomely -- at first.
- The IPO stock was offered at $9 a share and skyrocketed to $65
by the end of the trading day, marking the largest single-day gain
to date -- an incredible 606%
- When the bottom fell out of the online advertising market in 2000,
citing reports of a sagging online advertising market and a
cooling of investor interest, it looked for an alternative business
model.
- In 2001, it had cut half its workforce and sold its major Web
properties.
- Current share price 25 cents.
17. IPO Failures
Shanda Games
- one of the most popular online gaming market, following in the
footsteps of other Chinese companies, planned a big coming out
party with a U.S. IPO in September 2009.
- hired heavy hitting underwriters JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs
to set the IPO price and determine the number of shares to offer.
- the underwriters bumped up the total number of shared from 63
million to 83.5 million, set the opening share price at $12.50, the
very highest end of the pricing spectrum, raising a total of $1.04
billion.
- by pushing the price to the limit, they sucked up all of the
investors willing to pay top dollar, the stock took a huge and
immediate loss of 14 percent, finishing the next day down $1.75