RE: 1345pm5 Aug 2024 00:10
The benefits of The Main Market for companies
The Main Market provides access to capital for growth, enabling companies to raise substantial tranches of investment capital at the time of flotation and subsequently though further fundraisings
The Main Market creates a vibrant market for a company’s shares and enables them to broaden their shareholder base
Companies benefit from an enhanced valuation and an objective market value on the company’s business is enabled
Flotation on The Main Market provides a mechanism to introduce share based incentive schemes, helping to recruit, motive and retain staff
The Main Market is a globally recognised stock market and companies listed on the market can benefit from a considerable heightened profile
Companies that float on The Main Market benefit from access to deep pools of institutional investment funds. Large institutional investors provide the majority of investment funding and there are over 5,000 pension, insurance and investment funds in the UK that use The Main Market as a conduit to invest in listed companies
Flotation on The Main Market may provide an exit route for your existing shareholders at the time of the flotation, or subsequently
When joining the London Stock Exchanges Main Market a company joins an elite set of indices. The indices which are used to compare a company’s performance against its peers also help to focus investors attention on particular sectors
The Main Market is the only market that provides companies who operate in the technology or healthcare sectors with the benefit of inclusion in specially dedicated segments. techMARK and techMARK Mediscience are segments of The Main Market which are designed to provide investors in The Main Market with clear identification of companies operating in these exciting sectors
Premium Listing
A Premium Listing means that a company must meet standards that are over and above (often described as ‘super-equivalent’) those set forth in the EU legislation, including the UK’s corporate governance code
By meeting the higher standards of a Premium Listing, companies benefit from having access to a great spread of investors. They may also benefit from the higher profile a Premium Listing brings, which in turn may lead to lower costs involved in fundraisings and enhanced valuation multiples.
Companies that decide to join The Main Market via a Premium Listing have the opportunity to be included in the FTSE UK series of indices; these include the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE Small Cap indices.