Financing

Future financing The greater number of financing options available to publicly held companies is a primary reason to undergo an APO (reverse takeover). These financing options include:

• The issuance of additional stock in a secondary offering
• An exercise of warrants, where stockholders have the right to purchase additional shares in a company at predetermined prices. When many shareholders with warrants exercise their option to purchase additional shares, the company receives an infusion of capital.
• Other investors are more likely to invest in a company via a private offering of stock when a mechanism to sell their stock is in place should the company be successful.

In addition, the now-publicly held company obtains the benefits of public trading of its securities:

• Increased liquidity of company stock
• Higher company valuation due to a higher share price
• Greater access to capital markets
• Ability to acquire other companies through stock transactions
• Ability to use stock incentive plans to attract and retain employees