An Analysis of Why Public Listed Companies Go Private in Malaysia Lau Chee Chin @ Lau Cheung Chang Bachelor of Commerce Flinders University of South Australia 1998 Submitted to the Graduate School of Business Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration June 2009 AN ANALYSIS OF WHY PUBLIC LISTED COMPANIES GO PRIVATE IN MALAYSIA LAU CHEE CHIN @ LAU CHEUNG CHANG Dedicated
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particular public offers‚ listing‚ public companies and buying shares. This article focuses on the provision of Law 70-2006QH11 of the National Assembly on Securities (Law 70) and Decree 14-2007-ND-CP of the Government dated 19 January 2007 Providing Detailed Regulations for Implementation of a Number of Articles of the Law on Securities (Decree 14) . The MOF is to shortly issue a regulation to further provide guidance to the SSC on regulating and establishing investment funds‚ securities companies and
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business owners‚ or executives‚ must possess to lead their company in profitable times‚ and navigate through turbulent times. One of the most significant events in the life of any company is becoming publically traded; when a company “goes public.” AVG Technology recently became a publically traded company‚ and the way they did that was through a traditional initial public offering (IPO) which was the right decision. When companies want to go public they must attain an IPO; there are two types of IPOs
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publicly-traded companies are required to submit an annual report of the effectiveness of their internal accounting controls to the SEC. It came as a result of the large corporate financial scandals involving Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Global Crossing and Arthur Andersen. Provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) detail criminal and civil penalties for noncompliance‚ certification of internal auditing‚ and increased financial disclosure. It affects public U.S. companies and non-U.S. companies with a U.S. presence
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structure in INDIA Initial Public offering or stock market launch or commonly known as ‘IPO’ which takes place in primary market is a type of public offering where the shares of the stock of the companies which seeks the capital in order to finance their investments for expansion of existing structure is sold on a securities market regulated by SEBI (Securities exchange Board of India) & commonly done by privately owned companies which transforms into publicly traded company. Steps involved in an
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between going public through an IPO‚ acquiring another company within the same industry‚ or merging with another organization. Comparing the strengths‚ weakness‚ opportunities‚ and threats of all three options will help Team D to make a smart decision. Strengths of Each Approach Privately held firms looking for ways to increase cash flows are faced with a few decisions to make. Some of the options businesses have to increase their cash flows are going public through an initial public offering
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inviting deposits from the public or inviting offers from the public for the subscription or purchase of any shares in. or debentures of‚ a body corporate. A private company under Section 3 (I) (iii) is prohibited from inviting the public to subscribe for its shares or debentures; and also prohibited to invite or accept deposits from persons other than its members‚ directors or their relatives. Accordingly‚ a private company has no power to issue prospectus. Only a public company has power and privilege
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PARTY LOGISTICS COMPANY A small transportation and third party logistics company had recently gone public through a reverse merger. The company was still in a development phase and needed to secure corporate financing. The company also wanted to start an awareness campaign that would build awareness in the financial community and build their profile within the transportation and logistics industry. Suggest steps to be taken by this company to raise awareness of the company within the financial
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Nowadays lots of people are setting up their own businesses by creating small web-based companies working from home. 1- Partnerships are typically found in professional services such as accountants‚ solicitors‚ doctors‚ dentists etc‚ where the partners can share expertise and skills. They can also share the workload‚ organising work rotas to allow for time off and holidays. Partners also pool their capital. 2- Companies are owned by shareholders that each contributes a stock of money into a central pool
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Notice A notice of meeting contains details of the meeting such as the date‚ time‚ place‚ purpose and general natural of the meeting. It is usually prepared by the secretary and circulated to the relevant people in advance. No notice require for public meeting and no common law state about that while notice of private meeting required given to every member who is entitled to attend and vote in the meeting. Every organization would need to set out in its rules such requirements that must be complied
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