anyone know why they would be pushing it so early I had read this before:
Of most importance I think:
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Google IPO - Auction to Open on Friday, August 13, 2004
Pricing of IPO Expected to be Announced During the Week of August 16, 2004
August 12, 2004
Please be advised that Google and its underwriters expect to open the auction for the shares of Google's Class A common stock at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Friday, August 13, 2004. You must already have a bidder ID if you intend to submit a bid in the auction for Google's Class A common stock.
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Google IPO - Notice of request to have the registration statement declared effective
August 16, 2004
Please be advised that Google and the underwriters have requested that the Securities and Exchange Commission declare the registration statement pertaining to Google's initial public offering of Class A common stock effective on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). Holders of bidder IDs will be sent a notice of effectiveness once the registration statement has been declared effective.
To access a copy of the current prospectus, please click here.
If you have submitted a bid, you should access the current prospectus and carefully reconsider your bid(s). Bids may be accepted by the underwriters in as little as ONE HOUR after the notice of effectiveness of the registration statement is sent to you. You may withdraw your bid(s) by contacting your brokerage firm at any time until the notice of acceptance is sent to you. Please note that submitting a bid does not guarantee that you will be allocated shares in the offering, if it is completed.
A registration statement relating to Google's Class A common stock has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. Google's Class A common stock may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of Google's Class A common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. No offer to buy shares of Google's Class A common stock can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the registration statement has become effective, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time until the notice of acceptance is sent after the effective date. Of the shares to be sold in Google's initial public offering of Class A common stock, 14,142,135 will be issued and sold by Google and 11,555,394 will be sold by the selling stock
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Now I thought The date was friday (of this week) not last so why would news stations be hyping it up for tomorrows opening? because Ive heard a similar report saying something about wed from two local stations, but nothing from a big source ie cnn or cnbc but then again it is after hours. I will check it out this morning around 5 and see whats up. Maybe Im getting passed bad info by our media but Im just trying to find out so I can watch the happenings
Anyone have any more real info on this?
