What are the forms and prerequisite for a company to be publicly traded?
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The requirements for setting up a corporation are determined by state law, so they very depending on where a business incorporates.  There is no minimum size, however, and most corporations are small, what are called “close corporations” or “closely held corporations.”  Such corporations typically only have a few shareholders, often family members or friends, who have no intention of selling their shares.\n\nThere are some requirements, though: for instance, corporations need to have boards of directors, and there is usually a minimum number of directors.  The basic form is the corporation’s “articles of incorporation,” which is filed with the Secretary of State.  The requirements vary by state, but all require that the articles name the initial directors.  The Model Business Corporations Act has been widely adopted, and lays out all the requirements for forming a corporation, and what must be included in the articles of incorporation.  It’s probably available on line.
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Initial Public Offer.  Yahoo has a great service to track the companies just filed and just released an IPO.  See link below ...
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Financial statements and annual reports of any company in any country are accessible only if they are publicly traded. If it's not publicly traded, the information you're asking for is top secret, fiercely guarded by top management.
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1)Selling shares to public.2)Selling shares to employees of the firm at lower premiums.3)Permiting employees to buy shares and stakes from their savings like Public  Provident Fund. 4 Giving a choice --medical reimbursement or stakes in firm .5)Permiting employees to broker shares in firm .6)Accepting savings from public/employees for fixed terms.7)Lastly going for an institutionalised loan.
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A company is only required to make public it's financial data if it is publicly traded.  If it is a privately held company, the financial data is confidential.
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If it is a publicly held company in the U.S., you can obtain that information from SEC filings. You can follow the link below to access the SEC EDGAR database.\n\nIf it is not publicly held, you need to contact the Secretary of State's office for the state in which the company is incorporated. The ability to obtain copies of articles of incorporation on-line may vary from state to state. In CA for example, you  can order (but not view) such documents on-line.
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For stocks that have JUST started trading:\n\nhttp://www.hoovers.com/business-information/--pageid__10008,PDate__M:2006:01--/global-ipoc-index.xhtml\n\nFor future companies going public:\n\nhttp://www.hoovers.com/business-information/--pageid__10005,Date__2006:1--/global-ipoc-index.xhtml\n\nJust be aware that MOST companies do not perform like Google did.
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If it is a public company, they are required to file quarterly financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov).  Look for your Company and their Form 10-Q or Form 10-K filing.\n\nIf it is a private company, you can not other than by getting a look at the bank statement or asking accounting.  There is no publically available information for a private company's cash account.
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Public companies in the U.S. have to file an annual report on Form 10-K. They also file quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (Q is for Quarterly).\n\nThe forms are available to the public on the SEC website under Edgar filings.
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Formally you can start a corporation by filing a certificate of incorporation with the state agency responsible for receiving the incorporation papers. (i.e. Secretary of State) You will need to describe the purpose of the company, the type of activities it will be involved with and pay the required state fees.  There are forms that may assist you in most office supply stores or stationary stores.  A corp. will have stock and stockholders.  It will, as most companies do, have offficers Pres., Secretary and Treasurer.  What is most important is having a business plan that you prepare; that will describe your mission statement, business description, products and services, market analysis, management, financial plan etc.
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You can only invest in stocks that are of publicly traded companies.  Each of the above are private entities (private companies).
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contact a stock broker or your bank, they should help you out with the documentation.\n\nlook at ratios such as P/E ratio and EPS mainly, and also read the investor prospectus as thoroughly as you can.\n\ninvesting in indices - will diversify away some risks - so look into that...
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Buy shares in different public companies
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There are specific requirements for each exchange.  For NYSE and AMEX, these requirements include minimum stock price and minimum amounts of capitolization (read 100 million dollars minimum). \n\nNASDAQ is less stringent, but you still have to have capitalization in excess of $25 million and the share price must stay above $1 per share.  \n\nIn general, if you're asking the question, you can't afford to do it.
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Please check the below sites.\n\nhttp://www.best4sites.net/mwo/initialpublicoffering/Initial-Public-Offering.html\n\nhttp://www.searchguide.biz/html/index.asp?terms=initial+public+offerings\n\nI hope it helps
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More detail would have been nice, as there are many ways to answer that question.  Here are a few possible answers:\n\n1.  A public offering (e.g., IPO) or a private offering.\n\n2.  If only considering public companies:  An Initial Public Offering (IPO) or a Seasoned Equity Offering (SEO).  A seasoned offering is one where a company that has already gone public goes back and sells more stock.\n\n3.  If only considering initial  public offerings of stocks, then there are several methods -- including Firm Committment IPOs, where the underwriter assumes the risk of bringing the new securities to market -- guaranteeing a minimum sale and a price -- and Best Efforts IPO where no such guarantee exists.