Capital Structure Seminar hosted by Grant Thornton and Emergence

Emergence, in collaboration with Grant Thornton, invite you and representatives from your company to a workshop to learn about Capital Structure: “Attracting investors to your bio start-up” .

This Seminar will provide entrepreneurs with an introduction on how to optimize their capital structure for future growth, and will discuss how a good capital structure can help attract investors to an emerging bioscience company.

Some of the topics that will be discussed include:

• Are there any "Red Flags”?

• Are there any unknown investors?

• Is the term sheet too complicated or inappropriate for the stage of the company?

• Is the company raising enough money?

• What’s the possibility of dilution?

PRESENTERS

• Trevor Kennedy, CPA, CA – Partner, Advisory

• Darren MacAleer, BBA, CPA, CGA, CIM – Senior Associate, Advisory

• Travis Gallant, BBA, CPA, CA – Senior Manager, Tax

ABOUT GRANT THORNTON

Grant Thornton’s advisory and tax professionals are passionate about helping bio companies succeed. The start-up and early growth phases are often the most difficult period and require the owners and managers to educate themselves about many areas of business including accounting and finance. Grant Thornton’s team enjoys educating clients about these topics and helping them comply with stakeholder requirements. Grant Thornton is one of the world’s leading organizations of independent assurance, tax and advisory firms with over 31,000 Grant Thornton people across 100 countries around the world.

A formal presentation will be followed a question and answer period.

REFRESHMENTS TO FOLLOW SEMINAR