Browsing Category: "Going Private Transactions"
This past week I received a proxy to vote on the FragranceNet.com reverse split proposal. Today, I made took some time to read over the proxy and submit my vote.
The process was easy enough. I just logged into www.proxyvote.com and entered a control number that was printed on the proxy I received in [...]
Just a quick update, I want to let you know that I purchased 1,700 shares of Refocus Group (RFCG.OB) stock on Friday for my son’s Coverdell ESA.
Refocus Group is planning to go private by conducting a reverse share split where 2,000 will become 1 share. Anyone holding less than 2,000 shares will be cashed [...]
I came home to a pleasant surprise today. The cash for Capitol First’s going private transaction finally hit my son’s Coverdell ESA account tonight. I received $355.41 for the 1,990 shares of Capitol First that I owned.
As you might remember, I originally bought these 1,990 shares of Capitol First for a total of [...]
FragranceNet.com just filed a definitive proxy statement and set August 1, 2005 as the date for their meeting to vote on their going private transaction. The terms of the going private deal don’t appear to have changed. I look forward to this transaction being complete in the next few months if the vote [...]
Bill Mann of The Motley Fool just wrote an article titled, “Free Money for the Taking?“. This article caught my attention for several reasons. First, I first discovered going private transactions as a result of Bill Mann’s experience last year with ASA International going private. Second, I think Bill Mann’s current article [...]
FragranceNet.com posted a new SEC filing today. You can find a link to it at my current going private transactions list.
FragranceNet.com apparently revised their preliminary proxy statement. I haven’t found any important changes yet. I need to find a good way to compare these filings to find out what was [...]
Yesterday, I purchased 1,999 shares of Refocus Group (RFCG) for $0.23 a share in my Roth IRA account. This cost me a total of $467.72. I recently reported that Refocus Group was going private on my current going private transactions list. I decided to take advantage of this opportunity, but I had to [...]
Please make sure you have updated your bookmarks to the new home of the Going Private Transactions page. Your bookmarks should point to http://www.fatpitchfinancials.com/going-private-transactions/.
Monica reassured me that shares held in a brokerage account would indeed be cashed out if I held less than 2,00o shares. She also indicated that it would probably take 30 days for the transaction to be completed. In addition, she informed me that it was not likely that I would be required to fill out any transfer forms if my shares were held in a brokerage account.
Yesterday, my limit order for 499 shares of FragranceNet.com (FRGN) at $0.58 per share was executed.
