State’s largest private company on verge of IPO
Berry Plastics Group Inc., the largest private company in Indiana, may set terms for its initial public offering as soon as this week, said two people with knowledge of the matter.
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ExactTarget’s stock price falls as insiders unload shares
The stock fell more than 7 percent Tuesday after company insiders shed more than 7.5 million shares of the Indianapolis-based marketing software firm. The selloff follows the expiration Monday of the company’s lock-up agreement.
Shares of Facebook stall after company’s record IPO
Facebook sold 421million shares to raise $16 billion, giving the company a $104 billion market value. After the debut, underwriters bought the stock to keep it from falling below the IPO price.
Local developer files to go public in Canada
A locally based developer and owner of senior health care centers has filed to go public as a real estate investment trust in Canada.
Motley Fool puts Angie’s List IPO on its ‘toxic’ list
Investor site pans companies whose stock advanced in spite of years of losses.
State’s largest private company plans to go public
Evansville-based Berry Plastics Group Inc., a container maker owned by funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC, on Friday filed to sell up to $500 million of stock in an initial public offering.
ExactTarget soars in trading debut after initial public offering
Indianapolis-based ExactTarget Inc., the e-mail marketing company that counts Microsoft Corp. and Groupon Inc. as customers, gained more than 30 percent in its trading debut Thursday.
ExactTarget raises $161.5M in initial public offering
Indianapolis-based e-mail marketing company ExactTarget priced shares in its initial public offering above the expected range on Wednesday.
Dynamics in place to mint public companies aplenty
Indianapolis attorneys say numerous local private firms are on the IPO sidelines, mulling whether to try to capitalize on the strengthening economy and improving investor appetite for new issues.
Analysts lukewarm to Allison ahead of market debut
Shares of Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. are expected to begin trading Thursday, but the early reaction to the IPO from analysts is lukewarm. The locally based company’s private-equity owners are offering 21.7 million shares for $22 to $24 apiece, which could raise as much as $522 million.
Allison’s private-equity owners to get IPO spoils
When Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. a year ago filed plans to go public, it said some of the proceeds would go toward reducing billions of dollars in debt. But, in an updated filing with the SEC, the company reversed course, saying all of the more than $500 million that’s expected to be raised would go to its private-equity owners.
ExactTarget looks to raise $145 million with IPO
Indianapolis-based ExactTarget Inc., which announced an initial public offering in November, said it is seeking to raise as much as $145 million. The company is offering 8.5 million shares for $15 to $17 apiece, according to a regulatory filing made Wednesday.
Allison Transmission seeks $522M in initial public offering
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Holdings Inc., the former parts unit of General Motors Co., is seeking to raise as much as $522 million for its private-equity owners in an initial public offering.
Allison Transmission profits tripled in 2011
Net income of $103 million last year compares with a profit of $29.6 million in 2010 and a loss of $323.9 million in 2009, according to a document the transmission maker filed Feb. 17 with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its planned IPO.
Spate of Indiana firms lines up for IPOs
The highest-profile Hoosier initial public offering was staged by Angie’s List Inc., the online provider of consumer reviews. The Indianapolis-based company raised $76 million by selling new shares, and existing stockholders raked in another $31 million by selling some of their holdings.
ExactTarget has remade itself since last IPO bid
Things change so fast in the technology world that the prospectus ExactTarget Inc. filed four years ago when it first sought to go public reads today almost like something from the floppy-disk era.
Angie’s List falls below offer price, adding to woes of new IPOs
Angie’s List Inc. fell 9.2 percent on Tuesday, dropping below its initial public offering price for the first time and joining a crop of Internet companies that have lost value since their IPOs this year.
Investors across city hit jackpot in Angie’s List IPO
The initial public offering price was $13, the high end of the range projected in regulatory filings. That price was more than quadruple the average price of $2.76 paid by prior investors.
Venture firm set to score on Angie’s List, Groupon IPOs
Battery Ventures’ investments in Angie’s List Inc. and Groupon Inc. have produced more than $440 million in paper profit after the Internet-commerce companies sold shares to the public this month.
Angie’s List stock surges after shares hit market
Angie’s List Inc. shares rose as much as 44 percent in their trading debut Thursday after the company raised $114 million Wednesday in its initial public offering. The stock closed the trading day up more than 25 percent, at $16.26 per share, after rising as high as $18.75 early in the morning.