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 - August, 2004

8/18/04Google Closes Unusual Auction to Set IPO Upon completion of their dutch auction, Google waited some time to announce the price of their stock. -- ABC News
8/18SEC OKs Google IPO The SEC cleared Google to proceed with their IPO. -- CNN / Money
8/18Google slashes IPO price Google lowered the price range for its IPO to $85 - $95 per share. -- CNET News.com
8/17Google IPO paperwork delayed The initial public offering was delayed pending the approval of the SEC. -- SiliconValley.com
8/17SEC opens inquiry into Google stock issue The SEC inquired as to whether Google failed to register shares for its IPO. -- Boston.com
8/16Google asks SEC to declare document effective Tues. Google requested the SEC declare its registration statement effective, a moved that paved the way for it to proceed with its IPO. -- Boston.com
8/14SEC Won't KO the Google IPO The SEC, while allowing the company to proceed with the stock sale, forced the company to explain that they may have broken rules set forth by the commission. -- New York Post
8/13Google auction starts Friday Investors who received a bidder ID were able to bid in the company's dutch auction IPO. -- SiliconValley.com
8/13Google founders' Playboy interview may raise regulatory concerns The SEC limits what information can be shared with the public and Google founders may have broken those rules during an interview. -- San Francisco Chronicle
8/11Some Not Eligible to Get in on Google o obtain pre-market shares did not go as planned. -- SiliconValley.com
8/10Google to End IPO Registration Thursday (August 12th) Google concluded their IPO registration on August 12th. -- SiliconValley.com
8/10Putting a Value on Google, Part 2 A proper valuation for Google's IPO continued to be debated. -- Business Week
8/9Google ups shares in offer Google increased the number of shares in its offering from 24.6 million shares to 25.7 million shares. -- CNN / Money
8/7Google's error deemed an oversight by most Google promises to buy back the unregistered shares. It did not affect the IPO and is just a technical issue. -- SiliconValley.com
8/6Invitation-only briefing excludes small investors Google held an invitation-only road show where small investors were not invited. -- SiliconValley.com
8/6Why Wall Street wants Google to fail The dutch auction IPO of Google is a departure from the old method of distributing IPOs. Typically friends, family and luminaries in the industry receive shares at discounted prices. -- MSN Money
8/5Google to Delay IPO a Week Over Problems Because of procedural issues involving large investors registering to participate, the Google IPO was delayed a week. -- SiliconValley.com
8/4Google May Have Illegally Sold Shares Google neglected to register 23.2 million shares of common stock and 5.6 million outstanding stock options with securities regulators. The oversights might have broken federal and state laws, according to Wednesday's filinganticipated initial public offering in years threatens to derail a cherished gravy train, where underpriced shares are handed out to favored investors and grateful CEOs. ... -- SiliconValley.com
8/4In dark about Google IPO The clock is ticking on Google's highly anticipated IPO, but investors still aren't aware of some key parts of the process -- including the fact that if they don't get a bidder ID number soon, they probably won't be able to bid. ... -- SiliconValley.com
8/3Getting in on Google: You need a broker who's also an underwriter ... If you don't already have an account with one of the underwriters, opening up a new account just to buy a few shares of one stock seems like a lot of trouble for a small investors - especially if it's not even clear yet what the stock is worth. ... -- SiliconValley.com
8/1Not every investor will be eligible for Google IPO ... Many brokerages let only customers with substantial assets at the firm invest in IPOs. Those firms may require customers to have large accounts to bid on the Google IPO as well, although some may reduce or eliminate their usual requirement. ... -- San Francisco Chronicle
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