Food for thought!
posted on
Sep 18, 2009 01:59PM
I know the company was talking about this last year before the massive corrrection in all markets.
Listing Requirements of the American Stock Exchange - AMEX |
The American Stock Exchange is an attractive exchange for solid micro and small-cap companies. AMEX has three different listing and public shareholder standards with a number of differing combinations within. As a result, their listing requirements offers flexibility to companies operating in different market sectors. |
AMEX Stock Exchange Listing Requirements |
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Requirements |
Standard 1 |
Standard 2 |
Standard 3 |
Shareholders' equity |
$4 million |
$4 million |
$4 million |
Pre-tax income |
$750,000 in last fiscal year or in two of its last three fiscal years |
2 years |
$50 million |
Distribution |
800 public shareholders and 500,000 shares publicly held |
800 public shareholders and 500,000 shares publicly held |
800 public shareholders and 500,000 shares publicly held |
Price |
$3 |
$3 |
N/A |
Market value public float |
$3 million |
$15 million |
$15 million |
The AMEX listing board also conducts a subjective review of all listing candidates looking at the:
Company's board of directors must agree to abide by the corporate governance requirements of AMEX.