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Inside Track: Co-op board spat highlights need for change March 12, 2014 COMPANIES usually ban the use of social media sites to stop employees idling away work-time on frivolous gossip. In the case of the Co-operative Group, it might have been better advised to put a filter on the internet access of Euan Sutherland, its now-former chief executive. Sutherland took to Facebook on Sunday to denounce the [...]
Poundland shares pop on first day of trading March 12, 2014 On its first of trading, Poundland has seen its shares jumped by 17 per cent. The company's initial public offering was priced significantly above its retail items of one pound, at 300p per share, toward the higher end of the range. The price gave Europe's biggest single-price retailer a market capitalisation of £750m. There has [...]
Investors rush to grab a piece of Poundland March 11, 2014 POUNDLAND is expected to sell shares in its stock market float at the peak price of £3 each today after a hotly contested battle to own a piece of the discount retailer. The high street store, which sells all its items for £1, announced plans last month to float in a deal which values the [...]
No signs of let up in London’s flotation flurry March 10, 2014 INVESTORS will intensify their love affair with the new issues market today as high street stalwarts Pets at Home and Poundland close the books on their multi-million pound London floats. Yesterday foreign exchange business Travelex became the latest UK firm to say it was exploring an initial public offering (IPO) while Israeli digital advertising firm Matomy [...]
Investors in last minute dash to grab Poundland March 10, 2014 BUDGET chain Poundland will close the books on its forthcoming London float tomorrow night, with a late surge in demand meaning the offer could end up 10 times oversubscribed. The high street store has so far seen solid demand from institutional investors keen to buy shares, helping back an early decision by the firm not [...]
Poundland and Pets at Home flotation offer prices unveiled February 28, 2014 Following a string of flotation announcements, IPO details are starting to come in from some companies. High street discount store Poundland has decided on a share offer price range of 250-300 pence, reports Reuters. The amount gives the company an implied market value of £625-750m when it lists on the stock exchange. Poundland is 76 [...]
7 UK retail bosses that have quit unexpectedly February 24, 2014 Mothercare’s future on the UK high street looked promising when Simon Calver, the former head of online movie rental service Lovefilm, was appointed by chairman Alan Parker two years ago to lead its turnaround efforts. The board banked on his online experience to overhaul its estate and turn the chain into a multi-channel retailer. But [...]
Just-Eat dials up bid to debut on growth market February 23, 2014 FAST food site Just-Eat is sharpening plans to list on the new high-growth segment (HGS) of London’s main stock market, making it the first company to join the fledgling platform if it pulls the trigger on the plans. The company’s backers are understood to be examining a proposal to offload just 10 per cent of [...]
Bottom Line: Investors get paid just in time for floats February 19, 2014 OVER the course of the next few weeks, Vodafone shareholders will receive nearly £15bn in cash and £37bn in Verizon shares as a result of the group’s decision to sell its stake in Verizon Wireless last year. What perfect timing that appears to be for an ever growing list of companies wishing to raise money [...]
Any Other Business – 19/02 February 19, 2014 IT WAS flotation madness yesterday as we saw games whizz King, bargain retailer Poundland, and Danish business services firm ISS file for their IPOs. But there was a backstory to King and ISS’s flotations that raised a few smiles in the City. As we reported back in October, financial PR group Powerscourt lost its client King [...]