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Make your company current again

The Pink Open Market as a part of OTC Markets Group provides platform for trading wide range of equities, which include penny stocks, shell companies, foreign issuers with limited information and companies not willing or able to provide information to investors. Since there is limited information available and limited regulatory oversight Pink market is considered to be of high risk.  Depending on level of disclosure companies are divided in three tiers as current information, limited information or no information. To qualify as a current information company have to make disclosure  available, in accordance with one of the following reporting standards: SEC reporting standard, U.S. reporting standard, international or alternative reporting standard. In the first two cases company has to be in compliance with SEC and Bank Regulator reporting requirements. Companies trading on Qualified Foreign Exchange  use international reporting standard. Other companies m...

RTO VS IPO (Canada)

There are different method to take your company public in Canada: initial public offering, reverse takeover, and direct listing. There are several advantages and few disadvantages of reverse takeover (RTO) over initial public offering (IPO).  An IPO requires a preparation, filing and clearance of prospectus which is subject of review and approval by the securities exchange commission. Disclosure document for RTO includes prospectus level disclosure with respect to the private company. In addition disclosure documents relation to RTO transaction will not be subject to review by commission. Private company will undergo due diligence and disclose information which  it has not previously  made public, including three years of audited financials. The private company will also need to conduct due diligence  of the public company to ensure that it is not inheriting any material unknown or unforeseen liabilities and that public company is up to date wi...

Reverse takeover - Canada

Reverse takeover is transaction in which public company listed on a stock exchange in Canada with few or without assets (often referred as shell company) acquires all securities of a private company with a significant assets and operation. It is considered a less expensive and time consuming alternative to initial public offering (IPO). This way public companies acquires all securities of public company and it becomes direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary. Shareholders of the private company receive shares from the public company  and the operating company's shareholders ultimately acquire a controlling interest in the new, combined company. Shell companies may be created and maintained just for purpose of reverse takeover or it can be existing company, a  reporting issuer that have previously ceased operations, but still maintain their reporting issuer status and usually have the shareholders required to list on a stock exchange. This makes them ideal candi...

Buying or selling company?

Reverse merger brings many benefits so it's no wonder that many private companies decide to use it as a means of taking their company public. It is considered less costly and less time consuming alternative to traditional IPO process. The point is that your private company reverse merge into public shell that is already registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) so you don't have to go trough the whole process again. If you are searching for a public company to buy that is where we can help. Mina Mar Group is the largest small cap, micro cap and nano cap retailer of freshly minted public companies that are already quoted or trading on the OTC market. We offer you a vast inventory of pubco vehicles and we offer full range of services. With a large inventory of public companies and with our network of agents across country which enables us to find the right company that matches your criteria. Part of our full services package is providing you with approved ...

How can we help?

Mina Mar Group has been helping publicly owned companies in building a relationship that is beneficial to them and their shareholders since 2005. Our specialty and focus lies with small cap for both companies in reporting and non-reporting sector.  Even if you have private company and you are planning to go public we can find equity lenders that will provide you with funds trough the use of traditional systems. Financier security will be the equity of your business and the undertaking of the process will show that your company will be taken public in about year or two. Reverse merger, also known as reverse takeover is used for this process as Mina Mar Group specializes in merger and acquisition consulting services. We own a stock of of affirmed and clean public shells that are provided for reverse merger for our clients  as a publicly traded vehicle that can be used to get capital. Likewise, we offer diverse financing options, including private...

Successful Reverse Merger with Mina Mar Group

Even though reverse merger has many benefits, especially compared to traditional IPO process and  many advantages come with being a public company there are also some disadvantages. This doesn't mean that you can't avoid potential problems. We at Mina Mar Group are offering you our expertise in reverse mergers so you can concentrate on you business and will will take care of every stage of the process and ensure successful closure. Because you are reverse merging into a public shell it can sometimes come with some history and shareholders. Often that means there may be some pending lawsuits, messy records or some liabilities that were not expected. This is exactly the point when we get involved and make sure that reverse merger proceeds with no problems. Mina Mar Group has invested significant resources and capital to develop and maintain an inventory of clean public shells for a variety of stock markets and company sizes. We have done the extensive work of "cle...

Advantages of reverse merging into public shell

It's no secret that many businesses   use reverse merger as a tactic to avoid traditional IPO process. Merging into a public shell brings several advantages. During a process of reverse merger the control of public shell company is bought by the shareholders of private company, merging with it and becoming public in that way. Because public shell is already registered with Security and Exchange Commission there is no need to do it again.  Reverse merger is considered alternative to lengthy and costly process of traditional IPO. Typically it takes 6-12 months to go public by means of initial public offering, sometimes even more than a year. Also be prepared that it is a time consuming task for your top management and they will be using less time on operating the business. With reverse merger the whole process is much quicker ranging between couple of weeks and four months while also lowering the cost of going public and diluting fewer of company's stocks...

Going through Acquisition with Mina Mar Group

An acquisition is the purchase of one business or company by another company. It happens when acquiring company buys most or all target company's shares in order to take control and or other assets of the company. They have to buy more than 50% of ownership. In acquisition usually bigger company buys smaller company and absorb it or run it as subsidiary. Roll-ups or consolidation happen when two or more companies combine in a new business entity. Acquisitions are divided into "private" and "public" depending on whether acquired or target company is or is not listed on the public market. Additional dimension or categorization consists of whether an acquisition is friendly or hostile (hostile takeover). More mergers and acquisitions happens with small to medium size companies. One type of acquisition is reverse merger or reverse takeover enables private company to be publicly listed in a relatively short time frame. Reverse merger occurs when a privately ...

Investor awareness

Investor awareness is term used in investor relations to denote the knowledge the investment community has of a certain company. It is significant because investors base their investment decision on awareness and knowledge  that they have of the company. If a company has a good investors awareness that means that investors have knowledge of, are conscious of a company and are very aware of its products and services. On the other side if company has bad investors awareness than company has not good visibility among investment community and that can lead to bad liquidity and undervaluation of your stock. Do you think that your stock is currently undervalued? Is your stock thinly traded? Do you need to build liquidity to support financing or create a freer trading environment? There are more than 8,000 public companies quoted on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) and Pink Sheets, and more than 200 market makers handling OTCBB stocks that are trading 34 trillion share...

MinaMar Group - company overview

Mina Mar Group, Inc. is privately held company that is providing financial opportunities to help OTC and NASDAQ stocks grow. Mina Mar Group provides wide variety of services ranging from capital advisory, strategic communication and advisory, IPO services and process to merger and acquisition consulting services. With agent representations worldwide and with over dozen years in the business MMG has created a strong strategic alliances with some of USA based leading and reputable accounting, legal firms including experienced market makers, broker dealers and other service providers. MMG's alliance and resources allow companies to achieve and maintain the highest possible corporate governance, and meet the demands of today's sophisticated, accredited and or institutional investors. Mina Mar Group M&A services: Mina Mar Group provides comprehensive consulting services in the merger and acquisition sector. We specialize in the reverse mergers , matching emerging grow...