These indemnification agreements throw liability for due-diligence failures back on to the company issuing the shares or bonds, making a nonsense of an underwriter's gatekeeping role.
In some companies, they are expected to write reports that will bring home the bacon, either by encouraging the observed company to switch their corporate share dealing and issuing business to the analyst's City firm, or by stopping the company from moving this money-spinning trade elsewhere.
Greenlight earlier this month sued to stop the vote on the proposal, which would require the company to get shareholder support before issuing preferred stock.
Although some CVRs are registered tradable securities, the majority are non-transferable because the issuing company does not want to incur the additional cost, disclosure obligations, and legal responsibilities associated with registering them with the SEC.
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Finally, some of these marketplaces are designed to facilitate the sale of not only secondary securities sold by existing shareholders such as venture investors, founders, angels and employees but also primary offerings where the proceeds of the sale are used by the issuing company to fund its operations.
The manufacturer of the satellite, French company Thales Alenia Space, added to the embarrassment by prematurely issuing a press release stating the rocket had launched successfully, and the satellite was in the right place in orbit.
Still, Cook gave no indication on whether Apple would begin issuing dividends to shareholders, something the company has long avoided.
For Ahuja, that means issuing the final approval to operate a system that the company has been pursuing for more than a decade.
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The company said it planned to increase its capital by issuing about 14.6 million new shares.
" Samsung, meanwhile, plans to appeal the ruling in a higher court, with a company spokesman issuing a now all-too familiar statement: "We are disappointed with this ruling and believe it severely limits consumer choice in Germany.
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For a company issuing securities to fund its growth, shares are the least risky choice.
Only 300 of the 800 firms registered with the PCAOB to audit broker-dealers also reported issuing audit reports for public company issuers like MF Global, JP Morgan, Barclays and Goldman Sachs.
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The case centered on charges that he caused damage to a Samsung company by issuing a type of bond at below-market rates.
Nordstrom is issuing mobile devices that workers on the sales floor can use to scour the company's inventory for a garment in a size a customer is requesting.
To make the experience even more attractive, the company is combining its loyalty program and also issuing promotions with a 15% off on its entire merchandise shopped via Google Wallet.
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When it comes to issuing permanent visas, though, a company must first recruit Americans and then prove to the Department of Labor that it can't find any who qualify.
It was pretty widely well-known where the company was issuing options, where the strike price was, which was one way to estimate value.
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Lucky banks that jumped to lend to some 87, 000 punters in the emirates on the issue earned considerably more in fees and interest than did the issuing company.
The typical transfer of shares and the issuing of new ones means that blacks are expected to end up owning at least a quarter of the company by, say, 2010.
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