Examples of Successful Reverse Mergers with Public Shells

Armand Hammer, world-renowned oil magnate and industrialist, is generally credited with having invented the “Reverse Merger”. In the 1950s, Hammer invested in a shell company into which he merged multi decade winner Occidental Petroleum.

In 1970 Ted Turner completed a reverse merger with Rice Broadcasting, which went on to become Turner Broadcasting.

In 1996, Muriel Siebert, renown as the first woman member of the New York Stock Exchange, took her brokerage firm public by reverse merging with J. Michaels, a defunct Brooklyn Furniture company.

One of the Dot Com fallen angels, Rare Medium (RRRR), merged with a lackluster refrigeration company and changed the entire business. This was a $2 stock in 1998, which found its way over $90 in 2000.

Acclaim Entertainment (AKLM) merged into non-operating Tele-Communications in 1994.

More Information on going public and reverse mergers

• Advantages of Going Public Through a Reverse Merger or a Public Shell Purchase
  
  Preparation for a Reverse Merger or Public Shell Merger
  
  Examples of Successful Reverse Mergers with Public Shells

• Disadvantages of being Public either via a Reverse Merger or an IPO
  
  Requirements Necessary to Close a Reverse Merger or Public Shell Merger
  
  Filing a Form 211 to Receive a Trading Symbol

For more information on going public through a reverse merger and details on public shells currently available, please contact Go Public Institute at 281-419-2200