RE: Positives4 Feb 2026 10:47
Standard process for an RTO , suspend , until a deal completed (some take months/years) Then the rest with clean paperwork can be completed in less than a month. It is nothing more than the final two steps of an IPO, submission of prospectus and on approval request permission to trade with the London Market.
Paperwork in order and its 7-10 days, if not, its ping pong permission delay, back and forth until all requested information is submitted by the company.
The Market, is listed as a 10 working day process, once the above permission has been given.
Have been in some that have (AP can't blag it) with lots of supporting evidence, obtained permission, to overlap (rns given ) the two steps.
They got provisional return to market as 17 days, from prospectus submission. (Nothing is set in stone, the rules are guidelines and you can
talk to them, if in a strong position to do so, about speeding up the process)
ALL RTO delays are down to the company, no one else, deal not advanced at point of suspension, FCA does not give a rat's arse, what you may or may
not be doing, until a submission made, will ALL DETAILS, they will keep sending it back/request for more (required) info, until it gets what it wants.
RTO. Deal done and a month is all it takes. Have been in around 60 of them, quickest was about 3 weeks, longest over 2 years.............GLALTH.
The one that rns'd the 17 days, missed the target and returned 2 weeks after its provisional date.
Now hands up all those that think, AP will submit ALL required data, first go and not play ping pong with the FCA......... π