@ Why Go Public? Why would socialize.com's owners want to take the company public? Finance Growth Liquidity IPO proceeds can be used in An IPO would allow: order to finance the shareholders to monetize company's growth their current success Visibility M&A with a public company can use its shares as a because of its transparency valuable M&A currency and enhanced reportingINVESTOR DEMAND Below you can see the different demand that investors have at different price points Which is the optimal combination if the firm wants to issue 12 million shares? The $10 price point looks like the optimal allocation as it combines sufficient ‘demand and long-term investors. SB si0 sta [i Hedge Fund Ml nsttutional Ml Retail