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Flotations

Articles and news on company flotations (IPOs). Includes guides on the process of issuing shares, raising capital from public investors and managing the increased regulatory scrutiny, reporting requirements, and pressure from shareholders.

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AIM Flotation plan for Davenham

Davenham Group, an asset-based lender to small and medium-sized companies, hopes to raise £27.5 million by floating on AIM in the near future, with the aid of broker Panmure Gordon.

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Ample Gains heads for London

Ample Gains Investment, which runs China's Shandong International Institute of Translation, hopes to float on London's OFEX private share market this autumn.

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Pensions group eyes float

Phoenix Private Equity plans to put £14 million into demutualising the Pension Annuity Friendly Society ahead of an eventual share float or trade sale.

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Jackson leads PartyGaming to market

Gibraltar-based online gaming giant PartyGaming is poised to complete a reported $10 billion London flotation later this month, having assembled a powerhouse non-executive team headed by Sage chairman Michael Jackson.

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Accuma float targets £4m

Debt advice provider Accuma is meeting strong demand for its shares ahead of an imminent flotation on AIM and now expects to raise £4 million (rather than the initially hoped for £2.5 million) with the aid of broker Daniel Stewart.

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Cornish keeps them coming

Small company adviser Beaumont Cornish has raised £9.7 million for Australian entrepreneur Kevin Foo’s new Kazakhstan oil play Victoria Oil.

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Rusling’s offshore AIM float

Paul Rusling is rushing to float radio venture Isle of Man International Broadcasting, while conditions for media shares continue to brighten.

Company Flotations

Chris Barling: why I chose to delist

Chris Barling is CEO of e-commerce specialist Actinic, which floated in May 2000 but delisted two years later.

Exit Strategies

Company valuation snakes and ladders

Take two companies. Equal size, equal prospects. Yet one is valued twice as highly as the other. Why? And how do you ensure your company gets the highest valuation possible?