Chris_R - 12:31 pm on Apr 30, 2004 (gmt 0)

"qualify this offering"

I am not sure about this, but I think they mean:

We have not taken any steps to attempt to complete any paperwork or follow any laws that would need to be followed in order for this to occur.

Probably something like a movie producer saying (and this is the best analogy I can think of at 5:30 am):

We have taken no steps to assure this movie would qualify for a PG rating.

In otherwords - if it works out that it is legal - so be it, but they haven't tried to do so.

I am not familiar with all the steps that need to be done in order for this to take place. But they are very complex in my understanding. Google truly values their foreign customers (name another company so quick to translate their sites and offer feature in such a wide variety of languages).

They do have some of the figures you mentioned (US vs Everyone else) but I need to get some rest and there is a lot to read through for me to find it.

Keep in mind with the patriot act - things are even tougher. Even thoough I am an American Citizen - I am REQUIRED to give more info than ever before (most of it was voluntary before).

There is a huge interest in finding a way for foreign investors to be able to get in on the IPO. This will be updated as more details emerge.