http://securities-law-blog.com SECURITIES, REVERSE MERGER & CORPORATE ATTORNEYS Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:51:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I wrote a blog introducing, at least to me, Private Company Market Places (PCMP).  A PCMP is a trading platform, such as SharePost or SecondMarket that provides a market place for illiquid restricted securities, such as private company securities, 144 stock, debt instruments, warrants, and the like or ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/12/16/private-capital-market-places-%e2%80%93-a-second-look/ As I discussed in a recent blog, the attraction of the small cap and reverse merger market has diminished greatly in the past two years.  The Over the Counter market has become an expensive place to conduct business; the antithesis of the very reason small companies sought to list there ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/12/09/private-capital-marketplace-%e2%80%93-a-first-look/ Are Rule 419 Companies poised to be the next big thing in the small-cap sector? Recently, the small-cap and reverse merger market has diminished substantially. Operating businesses are wary of completing reverse mergers, and PIPE investors are harder to come by. The reasons for this are easily identifiable. First - The ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/11/16/why-rule-419-companies-may-revitalize-the-small-cap-market/ This is the third in a series of articles I am writing regarding DTC (Depository Trust Company) eligibility for OTC (Over the Counter) Issuers. OTC Issuers include all companies whose securities trade on the over the counter market, including the OTCBB, OTCQB and Pink Sheets.  All technical information in this ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/11/03/dtc-eligibility-and-the-otc-issuer-part-3/ This is the second in a series of articles regarding DTC (Depository Trust Company) eligibility for OTC (Over the Counter) Issuers.  OTC Issuers include all companies whose securities trade on the over the counter market, including the OTCBB, OTCQB and Pink Sheets. All technical information in this blog comes from ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/10/10/dtc-eligibility-and-the-otc-issuer-part-2/ This is the first in a series of articles I am writing regarding DTC (Depository Trust Company) eligibility for OTC (Over the Counter) Issuers.  OTC Issuers include all companies whose securities trade on the Over the Counter market, including the OTCBB, OTCQB and PinkSheets. DTC eligibility has become a major ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/10/05/dtc-eligibility-and-the-otc-issuer/ I have explored the topic of promissory notes in previous articles. This analysis shall specifically concentrate on convertible promissory notes. As a reminder, a promissory note is a written promise by a person, persons or entity to pay a specific amount of money (called "principal") to another, usually to include a ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/08/10/convertible-promissory-notes-flexible-financing-options/ A promissory note is a written promise by a person, persons or entity to pay a specific amount of money (called "principal") to another, usually to include a specified amount of interest on the unpaid principal amount.  In addition, a promissory note will include the basic specifics of the debt, ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/08/04/an-introduction-to-promissory-notes/ A Form S-8 registration statement is popular with small business issuers as it becomes effective immediately upon filing and allows for incorporation by reference, both of which benefits are not always available to smaller public companies.  A Form S-8 registration statement can be used by Issuers to register securities to ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/07/14/s-8-stock-use-and-misuse/ The SEC has recently approved the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.’s application to form the BX Venture Market (“BX Market”) as an alternative quotation medium to the OTCBB and OTC Markets, Inc. (including PinkSheets, OTCQB and OTCQX).  The new BX Market will provide companies that do not otherwise qualify for an ... http://securities-law-blog.com/2011/06/17/sec-approves-bx-venture-market/