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1. Provide a brief description of GNC company, its main business and operational activities and a short synopsis of the main developments of the company over the past few years.

2. Please provide the information in table format the information below: Attachment provided
- Current stock price of the company
- Company sales/revenue for the last three years (e.g., 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Company profitability (net income) for the last three years
- Total assets for the last three years (e.g., 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Total liabilities for the last three years
- Owners' equity for the last three years
- Other financial information that is relevant

3. Was there profitability of the company over the last three years or something else the company is doing?). ie. for-profit corporation is the "maximization of shareholders' wealth."

4. Find out what you can about your SLP company's IPO.
- Identify success factors for a firm making the IPO decision
- Describe the steps a firm must take in order to go public

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Please help clarify by answering the following:
1. Provide a brief description of GNC company, its main business and operational activities and a short synopsis of the main developments of the company over the past few years.
GNC is a global specialty retailer that provides health and wellness products, which include vitamins, minerals, herbal supplement products sports nutrition and diet products. GNC sales are generated from the company owned domestic retail stores, domestic and international franchises, e-commerce, third party manufacturing and corporate partnerships.
Over the past few years, the GNC company has made a few of major changes. On February 8, 2007, GNC Parent Corporation and subsidiary GNC Acquisition entered in a Merger Agreement. As a result of the merger, Holdings was the sole equity holder. On April 6, 2011, GNC successfully completed an initial public offering (IPO) selling 25.875 million shares. On November 14, 2012, GNC successfully completed a secondary stock offering ...

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