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RegulationA+:HowtheJOBSActCreatesOpportunitiesforEntrepreneursand
Investors

PaulM.Getty,DineshGupta,Jr.Kaplan,RobertR.
Apress,Sep30,2015Business&Economics275pages
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RegulationA(+):HowtheJOBSActCreatesOpportunitiesforEntrepreneurs
andInvestorsexplainshowtoraisemoneyundernewprovisionsinthe
recentlyenactedJOBSAct.Itwillguideandadviseexecutivesofemerging
growthcompanies,entrepreneurs,financialadvisers,venturecapitalists,
investmentbankers,securitieslawyers,financeandMBAstudents,and
othersonhowtoraiseupto$50millionayearthroughstreamlined
regulations.
SignedbyPresidentObamaonApril5,2012,TitleIVoftheJOBSAct
amendsthe1930seraRegulationA,makingitfareasierforbusinessesto
raisegrowthcapitalthroughpublicofferings.Itis,ineffect,anewtypeofIPO
butwithmuchlessregulationandcost.
RegulationA(+):HowtheJOBSActCreatesOpportunitiesforEntrepreneurs
andInvestorsspellsoutnewprocessesthatcanandwillhaveadramatic
impactonhowcompaniesobtaingrowthcapitaltocreatenewjobsandbolster
returnsforinvestors.Somefinancialgurusbelievethatthenewlaw,dubbed
RegulationA+duetotheenhancements,willusherinarevolutionaryperiod
ofgrowthandinnovationcomparabletoourlargestpasteconomic
expansions.
Todate,muchofthecommentaryontheJOBSActhasfocusedonTitleIII,
whichallowsbroaderuseofcrowdfundingtoraiseupto$1millionperyear.
However,manyentrepreneursandeconomistsbelievethatnewchangesto
RegulationAwillhaveamuchgreaterimpactoninnovationandjobcreation.
Thebestpart?RegulationA+liftsmanyconstraintsonsolicitingfundsand
tradingnewstockissues.Amongotherthings,readersofthisbookwilllearn
howtotakeadvantageoftheseprovisions:
RegulationA+permitscompaniestoraiseupto$50million,atenfold
increaseovertheoldlimitof$5million,andmuchmorethanthe
crowdfundingprovisionsoftheJOBSAct($1million).
RegulationA+allowscompaniestomarketIPOstomorepeoplethan
justaccreditedinvestorsandmakesiteasiertogetthewordouton
offerings.
RegulationA+allowscertaincompaniestoavoidtheSECperiodic
reportingregimen(Form10K,Form10Q,Form8K,andproxy
statements),providedthatthenumberofshareholdersiskeptbelow
revisedthresholds.
RegulationA+exemptscertaincompaniesfrommanyonerousand
costlycompliancerequirements,includingSarbanesOxley.
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Inshort,RegulationA+greatlysimplifiesthecapitalraisingprocess,makingit
easiertogrowcompanies,createjobs,andrewardinvestors.
Whatyoulllearn
HowTitleIVoftheJOBSActamendsRegulationA,makingiteasier
foryoutoraiseupto$50millioninexpansioncapitalwhileavoiding
burdensomeregulations.
HowraisingfundsthroughRegulationAmightnowbeabetterandless
costlychoiceforraisingcapitalthancurrentoptions(likeloansor
venturecapital).
HowtouseRegulationAtogainliquidityforyourbusiness,your
employees,andyourinvestorswhilemaintainingcontrol.
HowtoabidebyRegulationArulesbefore,during,andafteranIPO.
WhatkindsofbusinessescantakepartinRegulationAofferings
HowandwheretotradesharesaftertheIPO.
Whothisbookisfor
Executivesofemerginggrowthcompanies,entrepreneurs,financialadvisers,
venturecapitalists,investmentbankers,securitieslawyers,financeandMBA
students,andothers.

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