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Venture Financing:
Key Documents
II.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Financial
Statements
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Consolidated financial statements for all years and interim periods subsequent
to the most recent fiscal year end
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Monthly
income statements for most recent 12 months
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Internal
financial (profit and loss, capital expenditures, etc.) projections, and all
supporting information
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Most recent
business plan
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List of any
off-balance sheet liabilities not appearing in most recent financial statements
(including the notes thereto)
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Auditors
reports ("management letters") and management responses
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Summary of
accounting policies to the extent not disclosed in financial statements
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Tax
Materials
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Federal,
state and municipal returns
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Description
of and documentation relating to any pending issues with tax authorities
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Tax basis
of assets of the Company and of capital stock and assets of its subsidiaries
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Tax sharing
or indemnity agreements
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Closing
letters and closing agreements, appeals reports, tax litigation status, Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS") rulings and technical advice memoranda, and any other
material IRS documents and tax assessments documents
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Indebtedness
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All
instruments evidencing debt obligations or lines of credit and all agreements
and material correspondence relating thereto
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Any other
actual or contingent indebtedness (e.g., loan guarantees, letters of
credit, banker's acceptances, swaps) not reflected in most recent financial
statements and all agreements and material correspondence relating thereto
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List of
existing key financing institutions
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Miscellaneous
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Schedule of
current notes payable/receivable, intercompany advances and description of cash
management system
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Description
and listing of current reserves
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Description
of revenue/cost recognition policies
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Breakdown
of selling, distribution, marketing and administrative expenses
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Explanation
of foreign exchange accounting policies, if any
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Information
regarding any indebtedness to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of
directors and senior officers
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Cost of
sales breakdown
III.
EMPLOYEE MATERIALS
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Agreements
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Employment
agreements (including, but not limited to, contracts with management personnel
or entities affiliated with management personnel)
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Collective
bargaining agreements
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Consulting
agreements
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Employee
handbooks, summaries, guidelines and bulletins
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Schedules
of salaried and hourly employees showing their current compensation rates and
breaking out employees by:
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Geographic
location
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Function
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Age
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Years with
company
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Union vs.
non-union
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Participation in employee benefit plans
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Part-time
vs. full-time
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Description
of labor disputes, requests for arbitration or mediation, grievance proceedings,
etc.
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Description
of negotiations with any unit or group seeking to become the bargaining unit for
employees
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Employee
turnover, absentee history and severance policy
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Description
of any union representation elections
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Benefit
Plans
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Any
pension, supplemental pension, retirement, post-retirement, stock option,
severance, incentive, profit-sharing, executive compensation, bonus and other
employee benefit plans (and any related trust agreements and insurance or
annuity contracts), including information regarding employer stock held
thereunder, a schedule of plan assets, a detailed description of the plan
(including structure, etc.) and a list of trustees
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Audit and
actuarial studies and reports including summary plan descriptions, annual
returns and IRS filings, concerning pension and retirement plans and details of
any accrued liabilities not reflected therein
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List of any
asset transfers or other withdrawals, partial wind-ups or contribution holidays
with respect to all pension plans
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Organizational Information
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Detailed
organization chart
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List of all
directors and officers
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Biographies
of senior management and any outside directors
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Schedule
showing number of employees for each year and interim periods
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List and
description of current operations of each key business unit showing:
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Business
purpose
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Key manager
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Key markets
served
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Key
facilities
IV.
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
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Litigation
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List of all
pending or threatened litigation, arbitration, administrative or other
proceedings involving the Company, any subsidiary or any joint venture involving
the Company or any subsidiary, or any officer or director (including parties,
remedies sought and nature of action)
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List and
description of all pending or threatened government or other investigations
involving the Company, any subsidiary or any officer or director
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Pleadings
and other material documents in material litigation, arbitration and
investigations and other proceedings
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Consent
decrees, judgments, etc., under which there are continuing or contingent
obligations
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Letters
from lawyers to auditors concerning litigation and other legal proceedings
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Regulatory
Compliance
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Description
of any violations of governmental laws or regulations
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Material
reports to governmental agencies
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Reports,
notices or other correspondence concerning any known or alleged violation of
Federal or state antitrust, environmental, nuclear regulatory, public utility or
public service or securities laws and regulations
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Agreements
or commitments with governmental entities or other persons relating to clean-up
obligations or other environmental liabilities
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Copies of
correspondence between Federal or state government agencies and the Company
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List of all
governmental filings and consents required for a purchase of the stock of the
Company
V.
CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
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Not in the
Ordinary Course of Business
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Partnership
agreements
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Joint
venture agreements
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Contracts
relating to material business acquisitions or dispositions (by transfer of
capital stock or assets), including any separate tax or environmental agreements
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Stand-still
agreements
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Confidentiality and trade secret agreements
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Agreements
limiting the ability to compete with any other person or to engage in any line
of business
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Corporate
transactions with management or directors or affiliates
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Agreements
to provide goods or services at below cost (other than promotional arrangements
entered into in the ordinary course of business)
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Indemnification agreements for directors and officers
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Any other existing or pending material
contracts not in the ordinary course of business
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Any
material correspondence related to the above
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Closing
record books with respect to each transaction
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In the
Ordinary Course of Business
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Listing and
description of key customer contracts
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Listing and
description of key supply contracts
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Material
sales representative, marketing, agency or distributorship agreements
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Material
advertising agreements
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Material
government contracts
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Agreements
entered into or expected to be entered into for material capital expenditures
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Guarantee
agreements
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Any
agreement which contain change-of-control provisions
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Any
contracts or agreements similar to the above which are presently under
negotiation
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Any
material correspondence related to the above
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