Focus on Technology, September 2006 - Technology Initial Public Offerings - Part 1

FMC is one of Canada’s largest and most experienced law firms in the area of securities transactions, both public and private, in a broad range of industries. Our areas of expertise include IPOs and new issues, income trust conversions and other reorganizations and restructurings, take-over bids (both "hostile" and "friendly", on "offence" and "defence"), counselling boards of directors and senior management, and due diligence and other investigative processes. With six offices across Canada, we have significant depth in all major Canadian business centres including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, as well as a representative office in New York.

FMC represents many of Canada’s most promising pre-IPO technology companies. We take a systematic approach to preparing private companies for IPO readiness. The purpose of this guide is to provide Canadian technology companies with an overview of the IPO process and critical factors to consider prior to going