| 1 | A future for international public offerings? An overview of how these are accomplished focusing in particular on GPA and Wellcome. | Articles | 01-Jul-1992 |
| 2 | Admission and Disclosure Standards | Glossary | Maintained |
| 3 | Admission to trading | Glossary | Maintained |
| 4 | Annual information update | Glossary | Maintained |
| 5 | Bookbuilding | Glossary | Maintained |
| 6 | Bookrunner | Glossary | Maintained |
| 7 | Changes to rules on initial public offers Significant relaxations are proposed to the methods by which securities may be brought to listing for the first time, following the Report of the Initial Public Offers Committee. | Legal update: archive | 01-Aug-1990 |
| 8 | China: problems for IPOs Recent press reports indicate that the Chinese government is considering new rules which, if implemented, would require internet companies in China to secure approval to list their shares abroad. | Legal update: archive | 25-Feb-2000 |
| 9 | Comfort letter | Glossary | Maintained |
| 10 | Depositary receipts: FSA guidance The Financial Services Authority has published an information leaflet for issuers of depositary receipts on their continuing obligations under the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, and Listing Rules. | Legal update: archive | 29-Sep-2008 |
| 11 | Due diligence | Glossary | Maintained |
| 12 | ESMA Recommendations | Glossary | Maintained |
| 13 | Final proposals on initial public offers Initial proposals on initial public offers (IPOs) were published in July of this year (see PLC, 1990, I(2), 57). These have now been finalised and will come into effect on 1st January, 1991. | Legal update: archive | 01-Dec-1990 |
| 14 | Flotation | Glossary | Maintained |
| 15 | Freepages' international offering: The NASDAQ factor A USA and international offering of new shares on a non pre-emptive basis coupled with a listing on NASDAQ. The listing involved a bookbuilding and the use of American Depository Shares (ADSs). | Articles | 01-Jun-1997 |
| 16 | Greenshoe | Glossary | Maintained |
| 17 | HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) | Glossary | Maintained |
| 18 | Initial public offer (IPO) | Glossary | Maintained |
| 19 | Initial Public Offers: Report of Review Committee Reports are published following the reviews of: initial public offer arrangements; the central market in UK equities. | Legal update: archive | 01-Jun-1990 |
| 20 | Internet IPOs: Identifying the investment risk A number of UK companies are considering flotations of thier internet subsidiaries. Some companies such as Freeserve plc, a subsidiary of Dixons Group plc, have already been floated. New companies such as lastminute.com plc are also turning to the markets to raise capital. | Articles | 31-Mar-2000 |
| 21 | Investment fund choices: the list is growing From November 2007, investment funds will have a wider choice than ever before of how and where to list in London. Investment funds have never had it so good: their biggest problem will be making up their minds which route to take to listing. | Legal update: archive | 30-Oct-2007 |
| 22 | IPO | Glossary | Maintained |
| 23 | Key information | Glossary | Maintained |
| 24 | Listed company | Glossary | Maintained |
| 25 | Listing regime review The Financial Services Authority has published a discussion paper reviewing the UK Listing Authority's listing regime. | Legal update: archive | 28-Jan-2008 |
| 26 | Listing Rules: sponsor regime The Financial Services Authority has published a consultation paper on amendments to the sponsor regime for listed companies. | Legal update: archive | 25-Mar-2008 |
| 27 | Multilateral trading facilities: risking more regulation? 15 August 2008 saw the launch of Turquoise, a multilateral trading facility backed by nine of the world's biggest investment banks. Turquoise is the latest in a wave of MTFs to launch since MiFID established a regulatory framework for trading venues outside the traditional stock exchanges. | Legal update: archive | 26-Aug-2008 |
| 28 | National Storage Mechanism (NSM) | Glossary | Maintained |
| 29 | New York listings and IPOs: the case for non-US companies This feature article reviews the key issues that a non-US company should consider when contemplating a US IPO and New York listing. | Articles | 28-Nov-2012 |
| 30 | Northumbrian Water: Making a virtual splash An analysis of the key elements of the “virtual” bid for the Northumbrian Water Group. | Articles | 21-Oct-2003 |
| 31 | Off-Exchange stabilisation may continue The Securities and Investments Board's release 119 extends by a further year the transitional provisions postponing the specified exchanges requirement in its stabilisation rules. | Legal update: archive | 01-Mar-1993 |
| 32 | POS Regulations | Glossary | Maintained |
| 33 | Pre-marketing in the EU and the US: convergence ahead The practice of pre-marketing equity offerings has historically diverged sharply in the EU and the US. In the EU, pre-marketing has long been an important step in the capital raising process. By contrast, US securities law and concerns over potential liability have constrained pre-marketing in the US to a greater degree than in the EU. But is this changing? | Articles | 01-Dec-2010 |
| 34 | Pre-marketing: threading the needle An examination of the legal and practical issues that issuers and underwriters face when engaging in UK and US pre-marketing activities and non-deal roadshows. | Articles | 27-Feb-2013 |
| 35 | Premium listing | Glossary | Maintained |
| 36 | Price stabilisation The Financial Services Authority has published a feedback paper on the draft price stabilisation rules that it published for consultation in January 2000. | Legal update: archive | 29-Jan-2001 |
| 37 | Private equity: fund listings An explanation of the attractions of seeking permanent capital through a listing | Articles | 22-Feb-2007 |
| 38 | Private M&A: SPAC invaders This article examines how special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, work in practice, and considers the key issues relevant to doing deals with SPACs. | Articles | 26-Jun-2008 |
| 39 | Prospectus Directive | Glossary | Maintained |
| 40 | Prospectus Directive amendments: implementing consultation The Financial Services Authority and the Treasury are jointly consulting on the UK implementation of the Amending Directive (2010/73/EU) amending the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) and the Transparency Directive (2004/109/EC). | Articles | 25-Jan-2012 |
| 41 | Prospectus Directive and Transparency Directive The Council of the European Union has adopted a proposed directive to amend the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) and the Transparency Directive (2004/109/EC). | Articles | 27-Oct-2010 |
| 42 | Prospectus Directive: draft delegated regulation The European Commission has published a draft delegated regulation amending the Prospectus Regulation (809/2004/EC). | Articles | 02-May-2012 |
| 43 | Prospectus Directive: ESMA call for evidence The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a call for evidence on its advice to the European Commission on possible delegated acts in connection with the Prospectus Directive as amended by Directive 2010/73/EU. | Articles | 24-Feb-2011 |
| 44 | Prospectus Directive: ESMA technical advice The European Securities and Markets Authority has published the final version of the second part of its technical advice to the European Commission on possible delegated acts concerning the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) as amended by the Amending Directive (2010/73/EU). | Articles | 29-Mar-2012 |
| 45 | Prospectus Directive: ESMA technical advice The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its final technical advice to the European Commission on possible delegated acts concerning the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) as amended by Directive 2010/73/EU. | Articles | 27-Oct-2011 |
| 46 | Prospectus Directive: implementation policy statement The Financial Services Authority and the Treasury have published a joint policy statement on the UK implementation of the Amending Directive (2010/73/EU) amending the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) and the Transparency Directive (2004/109/EC). | Articles | 28-Jun-2012 |
| 47 | Prospectus Directive: Offering a better regime? A consideration of the impact of the revised Prospectus Directive. | Articles | 15-Sep-2003 |
| 48 | Prospectus Directive: second ESMA consultation The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation on its technical advice to the European Commission on possible delegated acts concerning the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC) as amended by Directive 2010/73/EU. | Articles | 25-Jan-2012 |
| 49 | Prospectus Regulation | Glossary | Maintained |
| 50 | Prospectus Regulation: amending regulation The European Commission has published a delegated regulation amending the Prospectus Regulation (809/2004/EC). | Articles | 28-Jun-2012 |
| 51 | Prospectus Rules | Glossary | Maintained |
| 52 | Prospectuses: new regime The amendments to the prospectus regime have come into force in the UK, following the publication of Delegated Regulation (486/2012/EU) amending the Prospectus Regulation (809/2004/EC) in the Official Journal and the adoption of the Prospectus Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1538). | Articles | 26-Jul-2012 |
| 53 | Publication of information in connection with listing New rules have been published in relation to the approval or authorisation by the Stock Exchange of advertisements and other information published in connection with an applicaton for admission to listing. | Legal update: archive | 01-Aug-1990 |
| 54 | Railtrack: The global offering structure Rail privatisation is one of the most complex UK privatisations to date. The Railtrack global offering saw the first use of an open-priced, bookbuilding underwriting structure on an initial public offering by the government as part of a UK privatisation. The offer combined an international offer, a UK public offer and an offer to Railtrack employees. | Articles | 01-Aug-1996 |
| 55 | Receiving bank | Glossary | Maintained |
| 56 | Regulated market | Glossary | Maintained |
| 57 | Reporting accountants | Glossary | Maintained |
| 58 | Research reports Liability for comments (such as profit estimates or profits forecast) made in research reports issued by connected brokers close to new share issues, together with potential means of excluding liability, such as blackout periods or chinese walls. | Articles | 01-Mar-1997 |
| 59 | Rights issues reform: where are we? During the first half of 2008, there were an unusually large number of rights issues in the UK as companies had to raise finance to deal with the financial crisis. However, it was considered that the execution of those rights issues could be improved and would benefit from review. As a result, three inquiries were commissioned into the equity capital raising process by listed companies. | Articles | 26-May-2011 |
| 60 | Rules of the London Stock Exchange | Glossary | Maintained |
| 61 | SAS 72 letters: seeking comfort This feature article explains the purpose and content of SAS 72 comfort letters in connection with international offerings of equity securities. | Articles | 01-May-2013 |
| 62 | Sponsor | Glossary | Maintained |
| 63 | Standard listing | Glossary | Maintained |
| 64 | Stock Exchange permits conditional trading in Waste ... Conditional dealings along similar lines as those used by Waste Management International PLC in its interational share offering may become more common. | Legal update: archive | 01-May-1992 |
| 65 | The BSkyB global offering: New twists to bookbuilding How the offer was structured, adding new twists to the bookbuilding method. | Articles | 01-Jan-1995 |
| 66 | The European IPO market: signs of life After a challenging 12 months for initial public offerings, European IPO activity has begun to show signs of activity with the recently completed IPOs of Direct Line Group, Talanx and Telefónica Deutschland, among others. However, while investor sentiment may gradually be improving, European IPOs still face a challenging environment. | Articles | 28-Nov-2012 |
| 67 | The Prospectus Directive: business as usual a year on? James Inglis and Ben Dulieu of Linklaters take stock of the new listing and prospectus regime's impact on issuers and their advisers. | Articles | 25-May-2006 |
| 68 | The standard listing regime: a third way? An analysis of the advantages for UK and overseas companies of a standard listing, compared to a premium listing or an AIM quotation. | Articles | 26-Jan-2011 |
| 69 | The Wellcome share offer: The advantages of bookbuilding Considerations of some of the features of the largest non-privatisation share sale in the UK. | Articles | 01-Nov-1992 |
| 70 | Tombstone | Glossary | Maintained |
| 71 | Trends in IPOs: a fragile recovery After a long dormant period, the European IPO market began to show some signs of life in the fourth quarter of 2009. Successful IPOs have been scattered across a number of European exchanges and represent a number of industries. Nevertheless, a few interesting trends have emerged which may be instructive for companies contemplating an IPO. | Articles | 28-Apr-2010 |
| 72 | UKLA “List!” Issue 24 The UK Listing Authority has published the 24th issue of List!, a special edition which addresses the interaction between working capital statements and risk factors in prospectuses and circulars. | Articles | 24-Mar-2010 |
| 73 | Verification | Glossary | Maintained |
| 74 | Year of the dragon: listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai This feature article, the fourth in a series of articles about the legal aspects of doing business in China, considers some practical issues in launching an IPO or secondary listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and highlights some of the key features of the listing process. | Articles | 30-Aug-2012 |
| 75 | “Spinning” and “laddering” The Financial Services Authority has written to several firms seeking their views on the practices of “spinning” and “laddering”. | Legal update: archive | 29-Nov-2002 |