See: Prospectus. (And for the non-paying spectus, see: Amateurspectus.)
When a company looks to sell securities (like stocks) in the public market, it has to make a prospectus. This document breaks down the proposed deal, giving investors and regulators all the information they need to review the stock offering.
The process of making an offering is relatively long and complicated. As such, the perspective can change over the course of the process. It might go through several stages, with the final prospectus representing the last, definitive version.
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hi I'm red, red-err-ing.. red herring I'm here to tell you about my role in high [Red herring swimming in the ocean]
finance I'm actually the co-star of an IPO, how so you asked well yes of
course you asked..what's that, what's my primary job well my primary job is to
distract that's kind of why I was put on earth here to distract people, fish and [Man on a ship]
birds from you know other things that's what the red in red herrings do and no
we're not communists although we all do like the same brand of plankton but
that's me the fish me the IPO mascot that's a lot more fun...
I'm the namesake of an investment marketing document I'm the papers that
get filed with the SEC that outline the details of a new offering an IPO....
A secondary placement of founder shares after a company has already been public
a while as well I'm also there for a bond offering, a proposed merger all of [List of what red herrings are used for]
them need me so why do I exist.... while the goal here is to give investors
time to really get to know the issue they may want to invest in I don't carry
all the details not specific pricing, no legally binding asks and just an outline
of what's being proposed but I'm like 98% done and by not being fully done
it's easy to amend and tweak and change this and that so that the really uptight [Red herring talking]
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