Date:  12/12/2005

Speaker:   Andrew D. Thorpe

Description:  

Getting Ready to Go Public:

• Publicity, Gun Jumping and Securities Offering Reform
• Timing and Responsibilities Checklist
• Due Diligence; impact of Worldcom case; changes in prospectus delivery rules
• Electronic Offerings

The SEC Filing and Review Process:

• Confidential Treatment Requests
• Drafting the Prospectus
• SEC Comment Letters and Responses
• SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies