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Shares also trade in a secondary market on stock exchanges. A company can increase or decrease the number of shares outstanding without an IPO through stock splits and reverse splits. In all cases, the beneficiary of reverse split activity is the management of the company performing the reverse split. Shareholders may or may not benefit depending on the specifics of the reverse split.
A reverse merger (also known as a reverse takeover or reverse IPO) is a way for private companies to go public. It's typically through a simpler, shorter, and less expensive process than that of a conventional initial public offering (IPO), in which private companies hire an investment bank to underwrite and issue shares of the new soon-to-be public entity.