All net proceeds of this offering will go to the current members of IBG LLC, including all of our executive officers and employee directors, rather than be used for corporate business purposes. We intend to use all net proceeds of this offering to purchase IBG LLC membership interests from IBG Holdings LLC, which will, in turn, use such proceeds to redeem a portion of the IBG Holdings LLC membership interests to be held by the current members of IBG LLC. Such redemptions will result in all net proceeds of this offering going to the current members of IBG LLC on a pro rata basis. Of this amount, more than 91.5% will go to our employee directors and executive officers. We do not anticipate using any net proceeds for corporate business purposes. See ââUse of Proceeds.ââ Page 31 of the prospectus.. Is IBKR still a good IPO? Now I'm starting to rethink whether or not it's good, if they're selling part of the business simply because the current owners want to bail out of part of their stakes.
Also worth noting is that the new shareholders will have absolutely no voting rights at all. Voting (and most of the IPO proceeds) stays with their CEO. In short, IBKR is Thomas Peterffy going public, not IB.
No one buy this IPO so the smart money can get it all. Each employee brings in over $1m dollars in net income and the company is growing faster than comparables by a large margin. They own stakes in many exchanges including ISE. Keep telling yourself this IPO is to high idiots. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/sto...x?guid={A6011EAA-8313-4C01-A71A-1BC6669720C3}