2007; Trading expected to commence on the main list of the Oslo Stock Exchange on 30 March‚ 2007. Oslo‚ 29 March‚ 2007 – ElectroMagnetic GeoServices ASA (“emgs”)‚ the global leader in Seabed Logging (“SBL”)‚ announced today that it had priced its initial public offering on the Oslo Stock Exchange at NOK 135 per share. The offering of a total of 19‚623‚200 shares consisted of 14‚123‚200 shares sold by current shareholders‚ including entities affiliated with Warburg Pincus and members of emgs’ management
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Version : 2.0 15/01/12 General Certificate of Secondary Education English/ English Language Unit 1 H Tier Understanding and producing non-fiction texts Mark Scheme Version 2.0 2012 examination - Jan series Mark schemes are prepared by the Principal Examiner and considered‚ together with the relevant questions‚ by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation meeting attended by all examiners and is the scheme which was used by them
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theory was created by William James and Carl Lange and is known as the James-Lange theory. They believed that our body responds first and then we interpret that response in an emotion. Alternatively‚ the second theory created by Walter Cannon and Philip Bard was called the Cannon-Bard theory and claimed that we have a bodily and emotional response simultaneously. Finally‚ we have the Schachter-Singer Cognitive Arousal Theory which was created by Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer. They believed that
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Reader response criticism places vast autonomy of reading pleasure to the reader. “The death of the author” gives birth to the reader. This school of literary theory provides much attention to the reader as well as the reader’s experience over a literary work. According the theorists of this school of thought‚ the role of the reader is critically important in understanding of literature and actively seeking the meaning of the literary text. The Story of The Inky Boys is a moral story and was written
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generate a significant amount of cash for the investors. An IPO (initial public offering) has become a reality. Most realistic opportunity is sale of the business. The main harvest options is as follows: Initial Public offering The sale of the company’s shares in a public offering is often the preferred harvest option. Public capital markets generally offer the highest valuation for the company’s shares‚ and provide initial as well as subsequent (secondary) capital needs of the company. Furthermore
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If the price rises in an initial public offering then the stock is called a hot issue. Netscape Communications (NSCP) was the classic hot issue. It went public August 9‚ 1995 at an offer price of $28. On the same day it hit a high of $74¾ and closed at $58¼. Netscape hit an all time high of $174 in December 1995 and split 2:1 February 7‚ 1996. In the long term‚ however‚ Netscape wasn’t that hot an issue. A year after the initial public offer Netscape Communications was trading below $30 a share.
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finance new projects‚ expand operations‚ or in many cases‚ just to start up their business. One of the best ways that newer and less established companies have found to raise quick capital is to make a stock offering. Initial public offerings (IPOs) have historically had very large initial first day gains com- pared to the performance of the rest of the market. Historically‚ IPOs were underpriced by roughly 16% according to an industry expert at Stein‚ Roe & Fonham. However‚ in recent months‚ some IPOs
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Executive Stock Options and IPO Underpricing Michelle Lowry• Smeal College of Business Penn State University E-mail: mlowry@psu.edu Phone: (814) 865-1483 Kevin J. Murphy Marshall School of Business University of Southern California E-mail: kjmurphy@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-6553 July 31‚ 2006 Abstract In about one-third of US IPOs between 1996 and 2000‚ executives received stock options with an exercise price set equal to the IPO offer price (rather than a price determined by the market)
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public for a company is changing from private ownership to public ownership through initial public offering. M&A and IPO are considered as a vital part of a healthy economy and are the preferred ways of obtaining growth. The fund raising strategies are governed by market conditions. Generally‚ it is seen that in a bull market the number of IPOs increases while in a bear market‚ the number falls due to poor response of the investors using IPO. But M&A activities are governed by competition with the
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Psychometrics Psychometrics is the measurement of what we talk and think about or how to assign numbers to observations. Psychometrics measures mental capacities and judgements what we think about. It can also be used to measure of intelligence or mental capacity. Psychometric tests have often been used by employers to measure a person’s suitability to a particular job role. A psychometric test is composed of questionnaires‚ personality tests and aptitude tests; this information is then transferred
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