An Alternative Public Offering (”APO”) provides a way for a company to go public and without having to use traditional methods of filing a Form 10 or S1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). APO is usually associated with a PIPE (Private Investment of Public Equity) funding. The funding can be simultaneous to the closing of a reverse merger or shortly thereafter. Similar to the APO is the Reverse Merger or Reverse Takeovers (“RTO”). The difference is that reverse mergers or RTO’s do not initially include a PIPE funding.

The end result of an APO or reverse merger is that a private company can become a public company in a short period of time (usually 60 days) and begin trading its common shares of stock on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) on an immediate basis. The reason companies take this route versus the traditional registration process is time. And as we all know time is money.

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  1. Alternative Public Offering – Part 1 (This post) - May 5, 2009
  2. Alternative Public Offering – Part 2 - May 6, 2009
  3. Alternative Public Offering – Part 3 - May 7, 2009
  4. Alternative Public Offering – Part 4 - May 8, 2009
  5. Alternative Public Offering – Part 5 - May 12, 2009
  6. Alternative Public Offering – Part 6 - May 13, 2009
  7. Alternative Public Offering – Part 7 - May 14, 2009
  8. Alternative Public Offering – Part 8 - May 15, 2009
  9. Alternative Public Offering – Part 9 - May 16, 2009
  10. Alternative Public Offering – Part 10 - May 18, 2009
  11. Alternative Public Offering – Part 11 - May 19, 2009
  12. Alternative Public Offering – Part 12 - May 20, 2009
  13. Alternative Public Offering – Part 13 - May 21, 2009
  14. Alternative Public Offering – Part 14 - May 22, 2009
  15. Alternative Public Offering – Part 15 - May 25, 2009
  16. Alternative Public Offering – Part 16 - May 26, 2009
  17. Alternative Public Offering – Part 17 - May 27, 2009
  18. Alternative Public Offering – Part 18 - May 28, 2009
  19. Alternative Public Offering – Part 19 - May 29, 2009
  20. Alternative Public Offering – Part 20 - May 30, 2009