going public

going public. The process of a company’s selling stock to the investing public for the first time (after filing a registration statement under applicable securities laws), thereby becoming a public corporation. [Cases: Securities Regulation 11.10–11.14. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 8, 35–39, 45, 63.]

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