This email contains a summary of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act signed into law in April 2012. The Act makes it easier for small businesses to raise capital by loosening some reporting requirements for companies with fewer than 500 unaccredited investors. It allows companies to advertise private placements to the general public and raise up to $1 million annually with streamlined registration. The Act also creates a new category called "emerging growth companies" that are exempt from some regulatory requirements for an initial period after going public.

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Photos (67) You may have heard that the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which was signed in
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does that mean to you if you're trying to grow your small business? And if you're contemplating
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an early-stage business, what should you be aware of? Though some of the provisions
be developed, here are the general provisions of the Act.
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Companies with at least $10 million in assets and fewer than 500 "unaccredited" shareholders (
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who hold shares) or 2,000 total shareholders generally will no longer be required to register with
No friends are online. Exchange Commission (SEC). By exempting smaller companies from registration requirements,
bypass many SEC regulations that are designed to increase transparency and protect investors
Sign out of Messenger demanding and expensive for smaller companies. The Act also enables companies to offer up to
stock annually using streamlined registration procedures; the previous limit required any offering
file a full federal registration.
The Act also permits companies to advertise unregistered private placements to the general pub
the requirements for a public offering; that would represent a major change for a hedge fund or
managing its portfolio of companies. However, purchasers of those offerings must be either accr
individual or couple with at least $1 million in net worth, not counting their primary residence
buyers.
In addition, the Act creates a new category of securities issuer--the "emerging growth company"
Home from many of the regulatory and reporting requirements that apply to more established
Contacts by Sarbanes-Oxley. The Act defines an emerging growth company as one that went public
has less than $1 billion in annual gross revenues. An EGC will be allowed to follow a streamline
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