Sentence examples for offered shares from inspiring English sources

As a precursor to the public offering, Staples offered shares in Staples.com in 1999 for $3.25 each to managers of Staples.com and Staples Inc., including Mr. Stemberg, as well as outside venture capitalists.

When the fund first offered shares, a modest offering of 2.5 million shares quickly ballooned to a total of 27 million, bringing the fund $247 million in capital and representing what was at the time the biggest offering in investment company history.

Congressional investigators disclosed in October that Goldman Sachs offered shares in initial public offerings to executives of at least 20 companies with investment banking business with Goldman, and the executives often quickly sold the shares for big profits.

Twitter's initial public offering saw its price rise, as demand the modest 70 million offered shares was more enthusiastic than what was perhaps anticipated by Twitter.

Last week, underwriters offered shares of the France Fund.

All 10 of the offered shares sold out in mid-March.

All other employees are offered share ownership schemes.

The idea was to offer shares to the public eventually.

In 1961 Sony was the first Japanese company to offer shares in the US.

Companies that offer shares to the public must make an open I.P.O.

Foster's said it would offer shares in the unit at 2 to 2.50 Australian dollars.