Equity

Benefits of being a public company

 

  • Raise capital for growth both at time of admission and through further capital raisings
  • Create a market for your company’s shares, broadening your company’s shareholder base
  • Establish an objective market value for your company
  • Encourage employee commitment and long-term motivation with share schemes
  • Use quoted shares as acquisition currency
  • Create a heightened public profile and credibility
  • Provide liquidity in your company’s shares

Why choose London Stock Exchange?

 

  • Access the deepest pool of international capital in the world
  • High quality advisory community and sell-side research coverage
  • Respected, balanced and fair regulatory environment and legal framework
  • Resilient market technology and world-class market surveillance
  • Proven levels of sustained liquidity in a central time zone
  • Multiple routes to market to suit different types of issuer and different funding routes
  • A global hub for sustainable finance with a green economy classification for its equity issuers 

     

     

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London Stock Exchange will give you access to the deepest pool of international capital in the world.

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