Seldom has a financial event been so eagerly awaited by the investing world. When this net heavyweight goes public it will be the culmination of years of anticipation by stock market participants. We'll keep you up-to-date on the latest IPO developments, including the possible dutch auction of their stock shares, as the details unfold.
IPO developments summarized below - June, 2004
6/29
Huge discounts given on Google options
The company may have been issuing stock options to employees for considerably less than their stock was worth, according to SEC filings. - SiliconValley.com
Google changes its filing for IPO Google added details to their filings about the auction process they planned to use for their IPO. - SiliconValley.com
6/21
Low fees prompt Merrill to pull out of Google IPO Merrill Lynch bowed out of the initial public offering of Google because they believed the fees they would receive to be too small. - SiliconValley.com
6/20
Inner workings of a Dutch auction IPO ... Overstock.com also distributed their stock via a dutch auction. An examination of how their IPO unfolded held lessons for those who sought to participate in Google's IPO. - SiliconValley.com
6/16
Google IPO unlikely to be smooth Google tried to change the virtual monopoly that existed on the way IPOs were conducted. While that was a positive development they were tightlipped with regards to revealing information about the inner workings of their services which many feared would lead to unhappy investors. - CNN / Money
6/11
Putting a Value on Google S&P released a neutral analysis of the company as its IPO loomed ahead. - Business Week