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Google's 2004 initial public offering used a Dutch auction to set its price. Answer true or false.
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- used a Dutch auction to set its price
- Google used investor bids in a Dutch auction process to determine the IPO offering price.
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- www.latimes.com, ben white, the washington post, 'aiming to auction its way to a more inclusive ipo' (april 29, 2004), https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/04/30/aiming-to-auction-its-way-to-a-more-inclusive-ipo/ae1c4d16-dcdf-47b8-9fad-a8bdfdf6eca6/, btlj.org, business.columbia.edu, en.wikipedia.org, google 2004 sec form s-1 prospectus: https://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504073639/ds1.htm ; columbia business school, google's ipo: a dutch auction works, if you let it: https://business.columbia.edu/faculty/research/googles-ipo-dutch-auction-works-if-you-let-it, google form s-1/a (aug. 18, 2004), https://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504142742/ds1a.htm; sec chair schapiro letter (apr. 6, 2011), https://www.sec.gov/news/press/schapiro-issa-letter-040611.pdf, google inc. form 424b4 ipo prospectus (sec, filed 2004-08-18) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters/ap coverage of the august 2004 google ipo) both describe the offering as priced through a dutch auction., google inc. form s-1 (2004) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt) describing the ipo as conducted via a modified dutch auction, google inc. form s-1 ipo prospectus (2004), which describes the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g., reuters, the new york times, august 2004) on google's ipo pricing mechanism., google inc. registration statement (form s-1/a), filed with the sec, august 2004: describes the ipo share allocation as conducted via a modified dutch auction process, google inc. s-1 registration statement (sec, 2004) and widely reported contemporaneous financial press coverage (e.g. reuters, the new york times, april-august 2004) describing google's ipo as using a dutch auction (openipo) process run by wr hambrecht + co to determine the offering price of $85/share., google inc. s-1/a prospectus and ipo auction rules (sec filings, august 2004); widely reported by reuters, nyt, and sec historical coverage describing the ipo as conducted via a modified dutch auction., google inc. sec form s-1 (2004) ipo prospectus, describing the use of a modified dutch auction process to price the offering, google inc. sec form s-1 / prospectus (august 2004) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, sec filings) describing the ipo as conducted via a modified dutch auction., google inc. sec form s-1 registration statement (2004), which describes the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction, google inc. sec form s-1/a (2004) and form 424b4 prospectus, describing the ipo as conducted via a modified dutch auction; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g., reuters, reuters/nyt coverage of the august 2004 google ipo)., google inc. sec form s-1/a (2004), 'class a common stock' offering description, and reuters/ap coverage of the august 2004 ipo, both stating the offering used a modified dutch auction., google inc., 2004 sec form s-1 prospectus (states the ipo price and allocation would be determined primarily by an auction): https://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504073639/ds1.htm ; columbia business school, ‘don't be evil: google's 2004 dutch auction ipo’ (describes it as a modified dutch auction): https://business.columbia.edu/faculty/research/dont-be-evil-googles-2004-dutch-auction-ipo, google s-1 filing and ipo prospectus (sec, 2004); widely documented contemporaneous financial press coverage (e.g. reuters, wsj, nyt reporting from august 2004) describing google's ipo as using a dutch auction to set the offering price of $85/share., google s-1/ipo prospectus (2004) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. sec filings, reuters/nyt coverage of the august 2004 google ipo) describing the auction-based pricing mechanism used to set the $85/share offer price., google s-1/prospectus (2004) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. sec filings, wsj/nyt coverage of the august 2004 google ipo) describe the use of a modified dutch auction administered by morgan stanley and credit suisse first boston to determine the ipo price, google's 2004 s-1 registration statement and ipo prospectus described the offering as using a modified dutch auction (openipo) process to determine the offering price, as widely reported by contemporaneous financial press (e.g., reuters, sec filings) at the time of the august 2004 ipo., google's 2004 s-1/424b4 prospectus and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, sec filings) describe the ipo as priced via a modified dutch auction process, google's registration statement on form s-1 filed with the sec (2004) and widely reported contemporaneous coverage (e.g., reuters, nyt, sec edgar filings) confirm google's august 2004 ipo priced shares using a dutch auction (specifically a modified auction process facilitated by morgan stanley and credit suisse first boston) rather than traditional fixed-price book-building., google's s-1 and ipo prospectus filed with the sec in 2004 describe the offering as a modified dutch auction; this is also corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, the wall street journal, and later retrospectives from the sec and financial press) on google's august 2004 ipo., google's s-1 filing and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, sec filings, and widely cited financial press coverage from august 2004) describe google's ipo as using a modified dutch auction process, administered by morgan stanley and credit suisse first boston via the 'openipo' method, to determine the offering price of $85 per share., google's s-1 filing and ipo prospectus (2004) describing the use of a modified dutch auction process, corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt, wsj coverage of the august 2004 google ipo), google's s-1 filing and the sec's public record of the august 2004 ipo describe the offering as conducted via a dutch auction (openipo) process run by morgan stanley and credit suisse first boston; this is corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g., reuters, the new york times, august 2004) confirming the auction-based pricing at $85/share., google's s-1 registration statement filed with the sec in 2004 described its planned ipo as using a dutch auction process to determine the offering price; this was widely reported contemporaneously, including by reuters and the new york times, as an unconventional departure from the traditional bookbuilding process used by most ipos., google's s-1/424b4 prospectus and contemporaneous sec/press coverage (e.g. reuters, sec edgar filings) describe the august 2004 ipo as priced through a modified dutch auction process, lawcat.berkeley.edu, los angeles times, 'google takes bids for ipo auction' (july 31, 2004), https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-31-fi-google31-story.html, money.cnn.com, sec edgar / google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18) and reuters/ap contemporaneous news coverage, both stating that google's ipo price was set via a dutch auction, sec edgar / historical record: google inc. structured its august 2004 ipo as a modified dutch auction to set the offering price, as widely reported by the sec and contemporaneous financial press (e.g. reuters, nyt coverage of the ipo)., sec edgar form s-1/a registration statement for google inc. (filed 2004), describing the dutch auction offering process; corroborated by contemporaneous reuters/ap/nyt coverage of the august 19, 2004 google ipo priced at $85/share via dutch auction, sec edgar google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18) describing the openipo dutch auction process used to price the ipo at $85/share, sec edgar google inc. form s-1/a and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt, august 2004) confirm google's ipo used a modified dutch auction to determine the offering price, sec edgar google inc. s-1 registration statement (2004) and public reporting (e.g. reuters/ap coverage of the august 19, 2004 ipo) describing the offering as priced through a modified dutch auction, sec edgar google inc. s-1/a and 424b4 prospectus filings (2004), which describe the offering as being conducted via a modified dutch auction; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g., reuters, wall street journal, august 2004 coverage of the google ipo), sec edgar s-1 filing for google inc. (filed 2004), which describes the auction-based dutch auction process used to price the ipo, sec edgar, alphabet/google s-1 and ipo prospectus filings (2004), and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt) describing the offering as a modified dutch auction used to set the ipo price, sec edgar, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18), 'auction process for bidding and pricing', describing the dutch (uniform-price) auction used to set the ipo price of $85/share, sec edgar, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18), 'auction process for bidding and pricing'; and contemporaneous reporting, e.g. reuters/nyt coverage of the august 19, 2004 ipo confirming the dutch (modified) auction pricing mechanism., sec edgar, google inc. form s-1 and form 424b4 prospectus (2004) describing the offering as a modified dutch auction; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g., reuters/ap coverage of the august 2004 ipo), sec edgar, google inc. form s-1 and subsequent prospectus filings (2004) describing the ipo as conducted via a dutch auction process, sec edgar, google inc. form s-1 ipo prospectus (2004), which describes the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction process, sec edgar, google inc. form s-1/a (2004), 'dutch auction'; wikipedia, 'google ipo' (2004, describes use of a dutch auction underwriting process), sec edgar: google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed august 2004), which describes the offering as conducted via an auction process to determine the price; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt, 'google ipo auction') widely documenting the use of a dutch auction format., sec edgar: google inc. form s-1 registration statement / prospectus (filed 2004), which describes the offering as being conducted via a dutch auction process; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, the new york times, august 2004) on google's ipo pricing mechanism., sec form 424b4 prospectus for google inc.'s 2004 ipo, which describes the offering as conducted via a dutch auction process (openipo) to determine the offering price, sec form 424b4 prospectus for google inc., filed august 2004, describing the ipo auction process; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g., reuters, nyt, aug 2004) describing google's ipo as using a modified dutch auction to determine price and allocate shares, sec form s-1 and public reporting on google's 2004 ipo (e.g. reuters/ap coverage of the openipo dutch auction process used to set the $85/share price), sec form s-1/a and final prospectus for google inc.'s august 2004 ipo (filed with the u.s. securities and exchange commission), which describe the offering as conducted via a dutch auction (openipo) process to determine the offering price of $85/share., sec form s-1/a for google inc. (filed 2004) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters/ap coverage of the august 19, 2004 ipo) both describe the offering as priced via a dutch auction process open to the public., sec form s-1/prospectus and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt, wikipedia "google ipo") confirm google's august 2004 ipo priced shares at $85 via a modified dutch auction (openipo) process., sec google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18) describing the offering as conducted via a dutch auction (openipo) process, sec google inc. s-1 registration statement (2004) description of the openipo auction process; contemporaneous reporting e.g. reuters/nyt coverage of the august 2004 google ipo confirming the dutch auction pricing method., sec s-1 filing (google inc.) and contemporaneous reporting confirm google's august 2004 ipo priced shares via a modified dutch auction (form s-1/a auction procedure), a widely documented historical fact., sec s-1 filing (google inc.) and contemporaneous reporting, e.g. reuters/cnbc coverage of the august 2004 google ipo, confirming google used a modified dutch auction to set its ipo price., sec s-1 filing and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt, august 2004) confirm google's ipo used a modified dutch auction process to set the offering price of $85/share, sec s-1 filing and contemporaneous reporting (e.g., reuters/nyt, august 2004) describing google's ipo as using a dutch auction format, sec s-1 filing and ipo prospectus for google inc. (2004); widely reported by contemporaneous financial press (e.g. reuters, wall street journal) as using a modified dutch auction process to set the ipo price., sec s-1 filing and prospectus for google inc.'s 2004 ipo, and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, the new york times, august 2004), describing the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction ("openipo" process administered by wr hambrecht + co / morgan stanley / credit suisse first boston) to determine the $85 per share price, sec s-1 filing and prospectus for google inc.'s august 2004 ipo describe the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction (openipo) process, sec s-1 filing and prospectus for google, inc. (2004), and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, the new york times, august 2004) describing the ipo as a dutch auction (openipo, underwritten by morgan stanley and credit suisse first boston)., sec s-1 filing for google inc. (2004) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, nyt, wsj coverage of the august 2004 google ipo) describing the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction to determine the ipo price, sec s-1 filing for google inc. (2004) and contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, wall street journal, and the google ipo prospectus) describing the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction (openipo process administered by morgan stanley and credit suisse first boston) to set the $85/share offering price., sec s-1 registration statement and prospectus for google inc.'s august 2004 ipo describe the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction (per rule 415/openipo process run by morgan stanley and credit suisse first boston); widely corroborated by contemporaneous reporting, e.g. reuters and the wall street journal coverage of the august 19, 2004 ipo., sec s-1/424b4 prospectus for google inc.'s 2004 ipo, and widely reported financial press (e.g. reuters, wsj, nyt coverage of the august 2004 ipo) describing the offering as using a modified dutch auction to set the $85/share price, sec, google inc. amended form s-1 (auction process and intended price equal to auction clearing price), https://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504124025/ds1a.htm; open university, google: success story or a bubble yet to burst? (identifies the august 2004 ipo as using a dutch auction), https://www.open.edu/openlearn/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=100979§ion=_unit4.3.3, sec, google's 2004 s-1/a prospectus: ipo price/allocation set by auction, intended at auction clearing price (https://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504142742/ds1a.htm); berkeley technology law journal, 'going dutch: the google ipo': calls it a modified dutch auction (https://www.btlj.org/data/articles2015/vol20/20_1_ar/20-berkeley-tech-l-j-0405-0442.pdf)., sec.gov google inc. form s-1 (2004) and contemporaneous financial press coverage (e.g. reuters, new york times) describing the google ipo auction process, the washington post, 'aiming to auction its way to a more “inclusive” ipo' (2004-04-30), https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/04/30/aiming-to-auction-its-way-to-a-more-inclusive-ipo/ae1c4d16-dcdf-47b8-9fad-a8bdfdf6eca6/, u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (august 18, 2004), describing the offering as conducted via a dutch auction bidding process, u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18), describing the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction process to determine the ipo price, u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18), describing the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction; corroborated by sec's investor bulletin on the google ipo dutch auction process., u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed 2004-08-18), which describes the offering as being conducted via a dutch auction process under rule 15c2-11 / the openipo method, u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed august 18, 2004), describing the offering as conducted via a dutch auction process, u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed august 18, 2004), which describes the ipo share allocation as conducted via a modified dutch auction process, u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed august 2004), describing the offering as conducted via a modified dutch auction process, u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form 424b4 prospectus (filed august 2004), which describes the offering as being conducted via a modified dutch auction process to determine the ipo price; corroborated by contemporaneous reporting (e.g. reuters, the new york times, august 2004) describing google's ipo as using a dutch auction., u.s. securities and exchange commission, google inc. form s-1 (2004) and contemporaneous reporting confirming google's august 2004 ipo used a modified dutch auction to set its offering price of $85/share, washington post, 2004-04-30, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2004/04/30/aiming-to-auction-its-way-to-a-more-inclusive-ipo/ae1c4d16-dcdf-47b8-9fad-a8bdfdf6eca6/; google 2004 final sec prospectus, https://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504143377/d424b4.htm, wikipedia, "google" (initial public offering, august 19, 2004, $85 per share) and contemporaneous press coverage of the offering, e.g. the guardian, "how google floated past wall st" (aug 22, 2004) — "by going dutch" — and nyt dealbook, "for google, a very happy anniversary" (aug 17, 2007); both state that google priced its ipo via a dutch auction., www.btlj.org, www.chron.com, www.latimes.com, www.open.edu, www.sec.gov, www.theguardian.com, www.washingtonpost.com
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