IPO registrations (S-1, F-1) · Registrants
ABOUT, INC.
- SEC CIK
- 1075314 · filings on EDGAR ↗
- Name on the registration
- ABOUT COM INC
- Former names
- ABOUT COM INC (1999–2002); MININGCO COM INC (1998–1999)
- Registration
- Form S-1, first filed 1998-12-30, last 1999-10-28; 2 initial registrations, 7 amendments
- Outcome
- Final prospectus filed 1999-03-26
- Industry (SIC)
- Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. 7370
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Business address
- 555 WEST 18TH STREET, New York, NY 10017
- EIN
- 13-4034015
- EDGAR entity type
- operating
Offering terms
- Proposed price range
- $23.00–$25.00 per share (S-1/A filed 1999-03-23)
- Final price
- $25.00 per share, within the range (424B4 filed 1999-03-26, an initial public offering)
- Shares sold
- 3,000,000
- Gross proceeds
- $75,000,000 before underwriting discounts and any over-allotment option
- Listing
- Nasdaq under the symbol MINE
- Lead underwriters
- Bear Stearns (1,152,000 shares); Wit Capital (60,000 shares); Volpe Brown Whelan & Company, LLC (768,000 shares)
- Syndicate
- Share Total; Robertson Stephens (60,000); BT Alex. Brown (60,000); Goldman Sachs (60,000); Hambrecht & Quist (60,000); ING Baring Furman Selz LLC (60,000); Lazard (60,000); Lehman Brothers (60,000); Morgan Stanley (60,000); PaineWebber (60,000); Citigroup (60,000); Cowen (60,000); Brean Murray & Co., Inc (30,000); Burnham Securities Inc (30,000); Chatsworth Securities LLC (30,000); E*TRADE Securities (30,000); FBR (30,000); Gaines, Berland Inc (30,000); Jefferies (30,000); Jesup & Lamont Securities Corporation (30,000); Ladenburg Thalmann (30,000); Needham & Company (30,000); Sanders Morris Mundy Inc (30,000); C.E. Unterberg, Towbin (30,000)
Read from the cover pages of the filings listed under “Prospectus pages read” below; check the document for anything that matters.
On this site
- Business registration: DOTDASH MEDIA INC. EXACT (EIN (EXACT, as the state registration reports it))
- Business registration: PEOPLE INC. GROUP (DELAWARE) EXACT (EIN (EXACT, as the state registration reports it))
- Business registration: ABOUT LLC Fuzzy (name and state)
Filings 11
| Filed | Form | What it is | Name as filed | EDGAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-12-30 | S-1 | S-1 (registration) | MININGCO COM INC | 0001047469-98-045456 ↗ |
| 1999-02-25 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | MININGCO COM INC | 0001047469-99-007274 ↗ |
| 1999-03-03 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | MININGCO COM INC | 0001047469-99-008294 ↗ |
| 1999-03-17 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | MININGCO COM INC | 0001047469-99-010071 ↗ |
| 1999-03-22 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | MININGCO COM INC | 0001047469-99-010683 ↗ |
| 1999-03-23 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | MININGCO COM INC | 0001047469-99-010890 ↗ |
| 1999-03-26 | 424B4 | 424B4 (final prospectus) | MININGCO COM INC | 0001047469-99-011533 ↗ |
| 1999-10-06 | S-1 | S-1 (registration) | ABOUT COM INC | 0001047469-99-037856 ↗ |
| 1999-10-15 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | ABOUT COM INC | 0001047469-99-038908 ↗ |
| 1999-10-28 | S-1/A | S-1/A (amendment) | ABOUT COM INC | 0000912057-99-002527 ↗ |
| 1999-10-29 | 424B4 | 424B4 (final prospectus) | ABOUT COM INC | 0000912057-99-002730 ↗ |
Prospectus pages read 2
| Filed | Form | Read as | Range | Price | Shares | Proceeds | Listing | Underwriters | What was found | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-03-23 | S-1/A | registration statement | $23.00–$25.00 | $24.00 | 3,000,000 | $72,000,000 | Nasdaq MINE | 3 | from the submission text; range, price sentence, shares headline, proceeds computed, cover names 3 | document ↗ |
| 1999-03-26 | 424B4 | final prospectus | $25.00 | 3,000,000 | $75,000,000 | Nasdaq MINE | 27 | from the submission text; price sentence, shares headline, proceeds table, underwriting table 26, cover names 3 | document ↗ |
Data: SEC EDGAR. The quarterly full index (every S-1, S-1/A, F-1 and F-1/A since 1993, with the pricing prospectus, notice of effectiveness and withdrawal request of each registrant) and the company submissions data (SIC, state of incorporation, address, EIN, tickers, former names). Company details are what EDGAR holds today, not at the time of the filing.
Also on this site Fuzzy
| Record | Name as filed | Where | Dataset | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business registration | DOTDASH MEDIA INC. | NY | State business registries | EIN (EXACT, as the state registration reports it) |
| Business registration | PEOPLE INC. GROUP (DELAWARE) | NY | State business registries | EIN (EXACT, as the state registration reports it) |
| Business registration | ABOUT LLC | State business registries | name and state |
Matched by an identifier (EIN, CIK, CRD), by name and state or city, or by street address; a shared name or address is not proof of the same person or organization. Every link says how it was made; how the cross-referencing works.