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This week the London Stock Exchange will be launching its new guide to joining the Main Market for companies and advisers. "A guide to listing on the London Stock Exchange" provides a practical outline of the listing process for companies that are considering an IPO.
The guide has been developed with contributions from a range of advisers and market participants. It combines extensive market experience with expert insight, offering guidance on the listing and admission to trading of shares and depositary receipts on the London Stock Exchange's markets.
Tracey Pierce, Director of Equity Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange Group, said:
"We are very pleased to be launching our new listing guide this week. We are committed to supporting companies who are looking to develop their business, raise capital and increase their profile by admitting to trading on one of our markets.
"For those companies looking to float, this new guide offers clear, practical advice, furnishing them with the knowledge they need to conduct a successful IPO."
Produced in conjunction with well-known advisory firms, as well as the UK
Listing Authority and FTSE Group, the Guide includes information on:
- Joining the Main Market
- The role of the UKLA
- Preparing for an IPO
- The legal framework for an IPO
- Accounting requirements and advice through the IPO process
- Generating and capturing investor demand
- Managing the company's profile
- The role of the registrar in an IPO
- Preparing to list depositary receipts
- Establishing a depositary receipt programme
The guide is published by White Page Ltd and includes contributions from the UKLA, UBS Investment Bank, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, Fishburn Hedges, Capita Registrars, FTSE Group, J.P. Morgan, and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
The Guide is now available to download on the Exchange's website: www.londonstockexchange.com/mainmarket
Hard copies are available from the Exchange on request.
