Auction System and Method for Pricing and Allocation During Capital Formation
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for, determining price and allocation of equity shares in an offering comprising:
- providing information about an offering to accept bids for equity shares to at least one qualified potential purchaser and at least one non-qualified potential purchaser;
offering to accept bids only from one or more qualified potential purchasers via a communication network for equity shares, wherein at least one non-qualified potential purchaser submits a bid through a qualified potential purchaser;
receiving bids via a communication network only from qualified potential purchasers of the offered shares; and
determining a clearing price for the offered shares based upon the received bids.
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Abstract
A computer implemented system and method determines price and allocation of equity shares. Information about an offering to accept bids for equity shares is provided to qualified potential purchasers and non-qualified potential purchasers. Bids from potential purchasers for equity shares are received through a communication network. Bids are accepted and offered to be accepted only from qualified potential purchasers. A non-qualified potential purchaser submits a bid through a qualified potential purchaser. A clearing price for the offered shares is determined based on the received bids.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for, determining price and allocation of equity shares in an offering comprising:
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providing information about an offering to accept bids for equity shares to at least one qualified potential purchaser and at least one non-qualified potential purchaser; offering to accept bids only from one or more qualified potential purchasers via a communication network for equity shares, wherein at least one non-qualified potential purchaser submits a bid through a qualified potential purchaser; receiving bids via a communication network only from qualified potential purchasers of the offered shares; and determining a clearing price for the offered shares based upon the received bids. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system for determining the price and allocation of equity securities of a company, the system comprising:
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an order management component for; providing information about an offering to accept bids for equity shares to at least one qualified potential purchaser and at least one non-qualified potential purchaser, offering to accept bids only from one or more qualified potential purchasers via a communication network, wherein at least one non-qualified potential purchase submits a bid through a qualified potential purchaser, and receiving via a communication network bids only from qualified potential purchasers of offered equity securities; an auctioneer component for determining a clearing price for offered shares based on the received bids, allocating to prospective investors based on the clearing price; and a data storage component for storing information associated with bids. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for auctioning securities by auction offeror comprising:
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receiving a plurality of bids for an offered amount of securities, each bid including a bid price, a desired amount of securities, and an associated bid time indicting a time that the bid was received by the system; after a predetermined auction end time, establishing a final price for the securities based upon the received bids; allocating the desired number of securities to each bid having a bid price more favorable for the auction offeror than the final price; and allocating the desired number of securities to each bid having a bid price at the final price chronologically in bid time order until the offered number of securities has been allocated. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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