I have been keeping up and am very familiar with the lawsuit and the split of the trust -- in Chicago this is old news. Even with these trusts being split, none of the beneficiaries are hurting for cash. That being said, the division of trusts has little if nothing to do with the IPO -- the trusts are family trust, and while Hyatt is a private company, it is part of a larger organization with diversified holdings that include manufacturing, materials, technology, transportation, investment banking, real estate, and many, many other interests. Indeed, Hyatt is not even the largest of the Pritzker holdings.

So, no offense, but equity investors tend to be a savvy bunch -- especially those with an inside track or first stab at an IPO -- and they could see right through a cynical raise to recoup lost trust funds, and would not participate. They are not in the business of charity.

IMHO, it is too easy to fall back on the trust fund lawsuit as a justification for anything and everything -- the owners will make money if the IPO is successful (as is the case with any successful IPO), but the objective is to grow the company, not to top up their trust funds.