Hodnota metriky Rok IPO spoločnosti Heartsoft, Inc. je 1995
IPO je rok počiatočnej verejnej ponuky akcií spoločnosti, kedy sa začnú akcie firmy verejne obchodovať.
Through IPO a privately held company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital, possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors, and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the capital to its public investors. After the IPO, when shares trade freely in the open market, money passes between public investors.
Although IPO offers many advantages, there are also significant disadvantages, chief among these are the costs associated with the process and the requirement to disclose certain information that could prove helpful to competitors.
The IPO process is colloquially known as going public. Details of the proposed offering are disclosed to potential purchasers in the form of a lengthy document known as a prospectus. Most companies undertake an IPO with the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter. Underwriters provide several services, including help with correctly assessing the value of shares.
Heartsoft, Inc. engages in the design and publishing of its own proprietary educational software products for distribution to the education market and consumer market. Its products are sold through an internal sales organization; national and international resellers; United States based catalogers with an annual aggregate circulation in excess of 5,000,000 catalogs; and online through four corporate Web Sites, www.heartsoft.com, www.internet-safari.com, www.thinkology com, and www.isafari.com. The company's product line consists of approximately 50 educational software programs that assist young children in pre-kindergarten through the 6th grade to practice and learn basic curriculum subjects. Its INTERNET SAFARI, designed for children ages four through 12 years to help simplify their use of the Internet, is a full-featured secure Internet browser for children that utilizes the sights and sounds of a jungle safari user interface with cartoons, sounds, and a host of proprietary features. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.