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SECURITIES REGULATION & PUBLIC OFFERINGS EXPERIENCE
Seth King is a member of the firm's corporate and securities group, working primarily in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance and general corporate and business law.
Mr. King has participated in over 60 securities offering transactions for public and private companies, including sales of common and preferred stock, senior, subordinated and convertible debt, venture capital and private equity funding, registered direct offerings, PIPE transactions, tender offers for public and private companies and public company going-private transactions.
Mr. King has been involved in approximately 10 public securities offerings totaling over $600 million in value. Mr. King has been involved in six public company tender offers totaling nearly $300 million, and also in going-private transactions under Exchange Act Rule 13E-3. Mr. King has participated in over 50 private securities offerings, including venture capital and private equity fundings, totaling over $1 billion in value.
Representative Securities Transactions:
- Secondary public offering by SkyWest of $104 million of common stock, underwritten by Merrill Lynch and Raymond James.
- (Withdrawn) Secondary public offering by VitalStream Holdings of $98 million of common stock, underwritten by Cowen and Company and additional underwriters.
- Sale of $25 million in common stock and warrants by Altair Nanotechnologies in a registered-direct offering placed by Cowen and Company.
- Sale of $150 million in senior promissory notes by a privately held construction company, placed by Bank One Capital Markets.
- Sale of CDN$213 million in common stock and warrants by Kinross Gold Corporation, underwritten by CIBC World Markets, Scotia Capital and RBC Dominion Securities.
- A withdrawn $200 million Rule 144A convertible debenture offering, underwritten by JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch.
- Private offerings by www.yellowpages.com of an aggregate of $60 million in preferred stock and convertible notes to private investors.
- Private offering by Linux Networx of $40 million in preferred stock to venture capital fund syndicate.
- Private offering by World Wide Packets of $45 million in preferred stock to venture capital fund syndicate.
Representative Securities Offering Clients:
- SkyWest, Inc.
- Kinross Gold Corporation
- VitalStream Holdings
- Altair Nanotechnologies
- Merit Medical Systems
- Dynamic Confections
- World Wide Packets
- Batteries & Bands
- Diamicron
- Clinical Research Networks
- Linux Networx
- The SCO Group (formerly Caldera International)
Exchange Act Compliance:
Mr. King has been involved in preparing and reviewing filings, reports and related materials pursuant to the Exchange Act and self-regulatory organizations for over 20 public companies, including SkyWest, Kinross Gold Corporation, Merit Medical Systems, Franklin Covey, 1-800 Contacts, VitalStream Holdings, Altair Nanotechnologies, Nevada Chemicals, Cimetrix Incorporated, Star Buffet, The SCO Group and Flanders Corporation.
