Front Cover -- IPOs and Equity Offerings -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- About the author -- Chapter 1. The decision to go public -- The company -- The vendors -- The investors -- What is the commonality? -- Why do companies go public? -- Capital raising -- Sale by existing shareholders -- Advantages and disadvantages of going public -- What makes a deal successful? -- Chapter 2. The players -- Selecting the lead investment bank -- The syndicate -- Other advisors and involved parties -- Appendix: Selection criteria -- Chapter 3. The offering process, part 1 -- Is the company ready to go public? -- Corporate issues -- Offering structure -- Regulators and documentation -- Marketing -- Pricing and allocation -- Aftermarket -- Chapter 4. The offering process, part 2 -- Rationale for international offerings -- Disadvantages of selling shares internationally -- International investors -- Price-setting mechanisms -- Chapter 5. Determining the value of an IPO company -- Types of valuation -- Relative valuations -- Discounted cash flow valuation -- Determining the cost of capital -- Cost of debt -- Cost of equity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Documentation and due diligence -- Purposes of documentation -- Due diligence and verification -- Appendix: Sample due diligence outline -- Chapter 7. UK offerings -- The British market -- UK offer structures -- UK new issue regulations -- Chapter 8. US offers and American depository receipts -- Securities regulation in the USA -- Private placements vs. public offerings -- Depository receipts -- Chapter 9. Marketing new issues -- The role of the research analyst -- Pre-marketing -- Formal marketing -- Chapter 10. Syndication and fees -- The value of syndication -- Fees and commissions -- Chapter 11. Allocation, stabilization and lockups -- Allocation -- Stabilization -- The lockup period.

Chapter 12. Secondary equity offerings -- Reasons for secondary offerings -- Rights offerings -- Marketed offerings -- Bought deals -- Accelerated bookbuilding -- Other forms of offering in the UK -- Bibliography -- Useful websites -- Index.