21. That Alpha G prospectus offers no details about how many class A shares will be offered, who will underwrite the offering or where the shares will be traded. 22. The letter said that subject to due diligence certain members of the committee were willing to underwrite an offering, but did not give details. 23. The next step is underwriting stock offerings for client companies, Chase Chairman and Chief Executive Walter Shipley said in an interview. 24. The offering was underwritten by the now-defunct brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont. 25. The offering will be underwritten by ING Barings and Friedman Billings Ramsey.! 26. The second is from Goldman, Sachs, the very firm that underwrote the offering a decade ago. 27. Unlike commercial lenders, investment bankers underwrite stock offerings, help negotiate mergers and acquisitions, and arrange private placements of stock for their clients. 28. Venture capitalists close to Hambrecht say the visionary plans to underwrite stock offerings for companies that might not ordinarily get courted by traditional investment banks. 29. Concepcion said Merrill Lynch would underwrite the offering. 30. Investment banks are usually leery of underwriting stock offerings for these types of companies, so the companies turn to the junk bond market instead. |