IPOs and Equity Offerings

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. IPOs and Equity Offerings
3. Copyright Page
4. Contents
5. Preface
6. About the author
7. Chapter 1. The decision to go public
   1. The company
   2. The vendors
   3. The investors
   4. What is the commonality?
   5. Why do companies go public?
   6. Capital raising
   7. Sale by existing shareholders (1/3)
   8. Sale by existing shareholders (2/3)
   9. Sale by existing shareholders (3/3)
   10. Advantages and disadvantages of going public
   11. What makes a deal successful?
8. Chapter 2. The players
   1. Selecting the lead investment bank
   2. The syndicate
   3. Other advisors and involved parties
   4. Appendix: Selection criteria
9. Chapter 3. The offering process, part 1
   1. Is the company ready to go public?
   2. Corporate issues
   3. Offering structure (1/2)
   4. Offering structure (2/2)
   5. Regulators and documentation
   6. Marketing
   7. Pricing and allocation
   8. Aftermarket
10. Chapter 4. The offering process, part 2
    1. Rationale for international offerings
    2. Disadvantages of selling shares internationally
    3. International investors
    4. Price-setting mechanisms (1/3)
    5. Price-setting mechanisms (2/3)
    6. Price-setting mechanisms (3/3)
11. Chapter 5. Determining the value of an IPO company
    1. Types of valuation
    2. Relative valuations
    3. Discounted cash flow valuation (1/2)
    4. Discounted cash flow valuation (2/2)
    5. Determining the cost of capital
    6. Cost of debt
    7. Cost of equity
    8. Conclusion
12. Chapter 6. Documentation and due diligence
    1. Purposes of documentation
    2. Due diligence and verification
    3. Appendix: Sample due diligence outline
13. Chapter 7. UK offerings
    1. The British market
    2. UK offer structures
    3. UK new issue regulations (1/2)
    4. UK new issue regulations (2/2)
14. Chapter 8. US offers and American depository receipts
    1. Securities regulation in the USA
    2. Private placements vs. public offerings (1/3)
    3. Private placements vs. public offerings (2/3)
    4. Private placements vs. public offerings (3/3)
    5. Depository receipts (1/2)
    6. Depository receipts (2/2)
15. Chapter 9. Marketing new issues
    1. The role of the research analyst
    2. Pre-marketing (1/2)
    3. Pre-marketing (2/2)
    4. Formal marketing (1/2)
    5. Formal marketing (2/2)
16. Chapter 10. Syndication and fees
    1. The value of syndication
    2. Fees and commissions (1/3)
    3. Fees and commissions (2/3)
    4. Fees and commissions (3/3)
17. Chapter 11. Allocation, stabilization and lockups
    1. Allocation
    2. Stabilization
    3. The lockup period
18. Chapter 12. Secondary equity offerings
    1. Reasons for secondary offerings
    2. Rights offerings (1/2)
    3. Rights offerings (2/2)
    4. Marketed offerings
    5. Bought deals
    6. Accelerated bookbuilding
    7. Other forms of offering in the UK
19. Bibliography (1/3)
20. Bibliography (2/3)
21. Bibliography (3/3)
22. Useful websites
23. Index (1/4)
24. Index (2/4)
25. Index (3/4)
26. Index (4/4)