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Re: Sheepdog post# 126304

Wednesday, 04/11/2018 12:32:44 PM

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 12:32:44 PM

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It's not an IPO at all. Here is an excerpt from investopedia on what an IPO is...

"An initial public offering, or IPO, is the very first sale of stock issued by a company to the public. Prior to an IPO the company is considered private, with a relatively small number of shareholders made up primarily of early investors (such as the founders, their families and friends) and professional investors (such as venture capitalists or angel investors). The public, on the other hand, consists of everybody else – any individual or institutional investor who wasn’t involved in the early days of the company and who is interested in buying shares of the company. Until a company’s stock is offered for sale to the public, the public is unable to invest in it. You can potentially approach the owners of a private company about investing, but they're not obligated to sell you anything. Public companies, on the other hand, have sold at least a portion of their shares to the public to be traded on a stock exchange. This is why an IPO is also referred to as "going public."

Seems like the company is private to me. No market established, although there has been private offerings. But as of today and probably many more days to come, no shares at all have been made available to the public ever.

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