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PlusNet plans flotation on AIM
News A flotation could act as a catalyst for consolidation," said a source close to the company on Monday. A successful flotation could also enable the ISP to launch similar services. UK Internet service provider PlusNet is hoping to raise millions of...
[June 7, 2004, 13:30]
Funmail flotation to raise £5m for projects
News The flotation will raise around £5m for a "number of different projects" according to Dominic Morley, associate director of WestLB Panmure, the company handling the Funmail float. Currently Funmail has around 45,000 users, with more than 1,000 new...
[July 5, 1999, 15:09]
lastminute.com flotation wows market
News The second-best-known Internet brand in the UK got off to a fast start in London Tuesday morning as lastminute.com launched its long-awaited flotation. The lastminute.com flotation is causing shares to jump, but Guy Kewney knows it is all going to...
[March 14, 2000, 16:53]
News Burst: France Telecom cuts Orange flotation price
News Amid concerns over the state of the mobile phone industry, France Telecom has cut the flotation value of network operator Orange by around 10bn euros (£6.4bn). The range for the initial public offering, scheduled for 16 February, has been lowered...
[February 7, 2001, 9:02]
Psion says no decision on Symbian flotation
News Psion (quote: PON) attempted to scotch talk on Monday that it was preparing to flotation its Symbian joint venture early next year, saying it had taken no decision on whether to list the operating system developer.
[June 19, 2000, 8:22]
Europ@web flotation called off
News Market conditions have scrapped Bernard Arnault's plans for flotation of his Internet investment fund Europ@web -- at least for now. The long-awaited flotation was expected to go forward in July, but this week Europ@web said in a statement that it...
[June 22, 2000, 7:10]
McAfee sees upside in Dr Solomon's flotation
News Jeff Barnes, UK country manager of McAfee said the move would force Dr Solomon's UK customers into reconsidering its choice of anti-virus and security products. It will force them to report their real financial position," Barnes said.
[November 13, 1996, 16:58]
News Burst: Geldof rules out Deckchair.com flotation
News Criticising the UK finance establishment for a failure to understand technology companies, Geldof commented that e-business is the "new rock and roll", but continues to baffle UK investors. Geldof made his remarks at a New Statesman conference...
[October 29, 1999, 12:00]
Dan won't change after flotation
News Gideon Easterman, managing director and founder of the London-based direct sales PC vendor, said the plan was to grow the company in a controlled way. The reason for floating is expansion and growth; we see it as a natural progression," he said.
[March 19, 1997, 10:28]
VA Linux set for flotation
News VA Linux will make its market debut Thursday with 4.4 million shares priced at $30 (£19) each. VA Linux upped its price range twice leading up to the offering. On Wednesday, the company said its new range was $28 to $30 per share, up from the $21...
[December 9, 1999, 14:31]
JBoss investment paves way for flotation
News JBoss, the company behind the eponymous open-source application server, has sealed a $10m investment, signalling a return of venture capital money to open-source companies and the possibility of an IPO.
[February 19, 2004, 17:09]
Five years ago: Dan won't change after flotation
News First published 19 March, 1997 Gideon Easterman, managing director and founder of the London-based direct sales PC vendor, said the plan was to grow the company in a controlled way. The reason for floating is expansion and growth; we see it as a...
[March 13, 2002, 6:01]
Virgin Mobile prepares for IPO
News The financial details of the Virgin Mobile flotation -- planned for later this month -- and the windfall its execs can expect to see as a result have been made public. It seems both employees of the virtual network operator and chief executive Tom...
[July 8, 2004, 14:15]
lastminute.com shares continue to slide
News British e-tailer lastminute.com dropped below its flotation price for the first time Tuesday as shares began official trading on the London Stock Exchange. Short-term investors who signed up for the flotation hoping to make a quick return only...
[March 21, 2000, 10:02]
Expedia results may spoil Lastminute.com party
News As the Martha Lane Fox show continues to dominate Internet finance news ahead of Lastminute.com's flotation, Expedia UK's recent results might just take some of the gloss off of the glamourous spin being put on Lastminute's performance by the...
[March 9, 2000, 12:32]
The return of the tech IPO?
News Speculation is mounting that London's stock market will soon see the biggest flotation of a technology company for years -- a sign that the years of dot-com downturn and IT anguish could be over. According to the Financial Times, a final decision...
[August 11, 2003, 17:40]
World Online faces legal action
News Private investors are to take Dutch ISP World Online to court following allegations that the flotation infringed Dutch securities rules it is reported Monday. It is thought that investment bank ABN Amro, which was involved with the flotation will...
[May 15, 2000, 15:36]
Lastminute co-founders cash-out day arrives
News With the end of the company's post-flotation lockup period, directors are for the first time enabled to cash out, and the opportunity will present them with a test of loyalty, observers say. Individual investors who bought in at the flotation are...
[September 11, 2000, 11:19]
Boo.com fires 220, lastminute loses altitude
News Dot com startups continued to struggle Tuesday, as Boo.com's liquidators laid off most of the company's staff and the share price of travel site lastminute.com hit a new low.lastminute bottomed out at 122.5p Monday, less than a third of its...
[May 23, 2000, 11:30]
Autonomy likely to be ousted from FTSE 100
News The company, whose software is used to parse large amounts of corporate data, was valued at £4.4bn on flotation, with shares trading at £42, but by Monday they were trading in the range of £12. Autonomy founder Mike Lynch became the nation's first...
[March 5, 2001, 13:36]
