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Glossary

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Last updated 02 October 2006

Description

Initial Public Offering, “flotation”, “float”, “going public”, “listing” are just some of the terms used when a company obtains a quotation on a stock market.

Stock markets include the Official List of the London Stock Exchange (where around 40% of trading company flotations are venture backed), the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), NASDAQ Europe, NASDAQ (USA) and other overseas exchanges.

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