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Offering dateDate on which a new set of stocks or bonds will first be sold to the public.Offering date Similar MatchesRights offeringRights offeringIssuance to shareholders that allows them to purchase additional shares, usually at a discount to market price. Holdings of shareholders who do not exercise rights are usually diluted by the offering. Rights are often transferable, allowing the holder to sell them on the open market to others who may wish to exercise them. Rights offerings are particularly common to closed-end funds, which cannot otherwise issue additional common stock. Initial public offeringInitial public offeringThe first offering of a company's shares to the public known in the UK as a flotation. IPO was originally an American term but is increasingly being used across all world markets The shares offered may be existing ones held privately, or the company may issue new shares to offer to the public.There can be lots of reasons why companies offer shares to the public:the directors want to raise new capital for the companythe directors want to widen the shareholder base of the companythe shareholders want to have a liquid market in which to trade their sharesthe directors want to be able to use 'paper' to make acquisitionsthe directors want the publicity that a public listing bringsIn recent years there has been a tendency for companies to list on the market by a private placing of shares to institutions rather than public offerings. This is partly because the costs of a placing are far lower than an offer for sale, and partly it is because in 1996 the Stock Exchange scrapped its rule requiring that new issues worth more than £50m should offer a proportion to the public.Whatever the reason, it rankles that members of the public are so often denied the chance to 'get in on the ground floor' while institutions clean up. The internet may reverse the trend, however. There have already been several online flotations in the USA and Europe in which private investors get full participation rights. These are sometimes referred to as EPOs (Electronic Public Offerings).One of the advantages of buying shares in IPOs is that they do not attract Stamp Duty (0.5% tax normally paid on share purchases) and since you can buy direct from the issuing company you can avoid broker's commission. Rights offeringRights offeringSee 'rights issue'. Offering scaleOffering scaleThe range of prices offered by the underwriter of a serial bond issue with different maturities. Public securities offeringPublic securities offeringA securities issue placed with the public through an investment or commercial bank. Further SuggestionsCompetitive offeringpublic offering Offering memorandum Offering statement Dual syndicate equity offering Secondary distribution or offering Targeted registered offerings Intrastate offering Blank check offering Public offering price Shelf offering electronic public offering Split offering Reoffering yield Offerings Secondary Offering Rights Offering Registered secondary offering Public offering Underwritten offering |
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