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Points to Consider for Your Private Placement Memorandum

A private placement memorandum or PPM is the main information document for potential investors. It’s like a business plan on steroids, adding required and recommended details and legal language for an offering. It goes by many names, including offering circular, … Continue reading

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Restrictions on Accredited Investors – Bruce E. Methven

One thing to consider when planning an offering is what investor qualifications you can live with. In making this decision it’s important to keep in mind that the definition of “accredited investor” is now more limited than it used to … Continue reading

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Avoiding Problems with Investor Questionnaires

Investor questionnaires are crucial for private placement offerings.  Each type of offering has its own requirements for investors.  An offering company must have a reasonable belief that the potential investors meet those requirements.  That determination must be made before the … Continue reading

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Cleaning Up Past Offerings to Investors

(For prior articles, including on the new JOBS Act that allows Rule 506 advertising and crowdfunding, see https://thecaliforniasecuritiesattorneys.com/.)   Many offerings to investors require that forms be filed with one or more securities agencies within 15 days of the first … Continue reading

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How Offerors Can Act Regarding the JOBS Act

In the prior two pieces I discussed how the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act” (the JOBS Act) requires the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC0 to adopt new regulations to allow public advertising of Rule 506 offerings and to allow crowdfunding.  … Continue reading

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Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act

President Obama signed the AJumpstart Our Business Startups Act== (the JOBS Act) on April 5. Part of this Act authorizes crowdfunding for the first time. (Up until now, crowdfunding could only be done legally by a company effectively pre-selling its … Continue reading

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The JOBS Act and Advertising in Rule 506 Offerings

As you may know, President Obama signed the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act” (the JOBS Act) on April 5. This bill will make it substantially easier for companies to raise money although key provisions do not take effect immediately. Two … Continue reading

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Choosing the Best Type of Offering

When making an offer to potential investors, the company wants to choose the securities exemption (offering type) that best fits its needs. Each exemption has pros and cons. The key questions are 1) Where are potential investors located? 2) What … Continue reading

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How to Legally Offer an Investment

When raising money, it’s crucial to know what advertising and communications are allowed – and what is not.  This depends on what securities exemption is being used for the offering.  Many securities exemptions – including Rule 506 and the California … Continue reading

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