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date	name	activity	location	news
01/08/07	Aisi Realty Public	Property investment	Ukraine
01/08/07	Worldspreads Group	Spreadbetting	Ireland	1
02/08/07	Lewis Charles Romania Property Fund	Property investments	Romania
Late June/Early July	Ludgate Environmental Fund	Investment fund	Jersey
02/08/07	Rapid Realisations Fund	Investments	Guernsey
03/08/07	Et-china.com	Travel services	China
03/08/07	Nordic Land	Property investment	Sweden, Norway
03/08/07	Oakley Capital Investments	Private equity	Bermuda
03/08/07	Sepura	Mobile radio equipment	UK	1
06/08/07	Energybuild	Coal Mining	UK
06/08/07	IdaTech	Fuel cells	US	1
06/08/07	In House Group	Property management	UK
06/08/07	Nviro Cleantech	Environmental technology	UK	1
06/08/07	Wadharma Investments (Kiwara)	Mineral exploration	Zambia
Early August	American Leisure Group	Leisure development	US
10/08/07	Azurite Investments (Hitchens Retail)	Retail investments	UK
10/08/07	Hollywood Media Services	Event services	UK
Missed Stated Date
date	name	activity	location	news
Mid/End-July	Mathon Capital	Commerical property lender	UK
Mid-July	Asia Environmental Partners	Environmental investments	Asia
19/07/07	IMSG	Sales/marketing services	Ireland
Mid-July	Tsar Emerald Corporation	Emerald mining	Russia
18/07/07	Spitfire Oil	Oil producer	Australia
17/07/07	Park Plaza	Hotels	Europe	1
12/07/07	PME African Infrastructure Opportunities	Investments	Africa
06/07/07	Cardsave	Card payments	UK
Early July	Vietnam Infrastructure	Investments	Vietnam
03/07/07	Discover Leisure	Caravan/leisure retailer	UK
Late June	AOI Medical	Orthopaedic devices	US
29/06/07	Equidebt	Debt collector	UK	1
28/06/07	PXP Qudos Vietnam Property Fund	Property Investments	Vietnam
Mid-June	Genesis Worldwide Inc	Construction technology	Canada
07/06/07	Vector Hospitality	Hotels	UK	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Recent Floats
date	name	activity	location	news
31/07/07	Connemara Mining Company (CON)	Zinc/Gold Mining	Ireland
Late July	Epicure Qatar Equity (EQEO)	Investments	Qatar
31/07/07	Pan African Resources (Barberton Mines) (PAF)	Mining	South Africa
26/07/07	Tawa (TAW)	Insurance investments	UK
24/07/07	Africa Opportunity Fund (AOF)	Investments	Africa
24/07/07	CapRegen (CGN)	Biotech investments	UK
24/07/07	India Hospitality Corp (IHC)	Hospitality investments	India
20/07/07	i-design group (IDG)	ATM adverts	UK	1
20/07/07	Mineral Securities (MXX)	Resource investments	British Virgin Islands
18/07/07	Mobile Doctors Group (Petsome) (MDG)	Medico-legal reports	UK
16/07/07	Freshwater UK (FWUK)	Marketing/PR	UK
16/07/07	Shieldtech (Base Group) (STEC)	Ballistic protection equipment	UK
13/07/07	Maple Energy (MPLE)	Oil/gas/ethanol	Peru
12/07/07	Dhir India Investments (DHIR)	Distressed investments	India
12/07/07	Superglass Holdings (SPGH)	Insulation manufacturer	UK
11/07/07	China Real Estate Opportunities (CREO)	Property investment/development	China	1
11/07/07	Trinity Venture Capital (TVC) (TVCH)	Investments	Ireland	1
10/07/07	Minerva Resources (Palladex) (MVA)	Mining	Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone
09/07/07	Plant Offshore Group (POGL)	Oil/gas support	Malaysia
09/07/07	Queenco Leisure International (QLI)	Casino operator	Greece
06/07/07	Jetion Holdings (JHL)	Solar cell manufacturer	China	1
06/07/07	Mount Engineering (MOU)	Engineering	UK
05/07/07	Cobra Holdings (CBRA)	Wholesale insurance	UK
05/07/07	MobilityOne (MBO)	E-commerce payments	Malaysia

2007-08-01 13:20 (v1.0.3)

SHARES in a Stirling-based insulation manufacturer were due to start trading on the London Stock Exchange today, marking the biggest Scottish flotation since Standard Life last July.

Superglass, which was founded 20 years ago and is now the UK's second-largest supplier of glass-wool insulation products, will have a market value of about £105 million.

Superglass is latest Scots float

First day dealings

TREASURY Holdings-backed China Real Estate Opportunities (CREO) turned in a mixed performance as it refloated yesterday on London's Alternative Investment Market.

CREO has mixed day as it refloats on London's AIM

Price comparison group Moneysupermarket.com has set a lower-than-expected pricing range for its planned London float, increasing speculation that chief executive Simon Nixon wants to price the issue to go.

The web-based group has set a 170p-210p range for its shares, valuing the group at between £864m and £1.05bn, after raising a proposed £180m of new money. This is below the £950m-£1.3bn valuation suggested by analysts at Credit Suisse, the bookrunner for the offer.

Moneysupermarket in low float price surprise

A key player in Rusal's preparations for an expected stock market listing in London has quit the Russian mining giant.

Flotation lawyer leaves Rusal

Indian oil explorer Jubilant Energy is preparing to float on the London Stock Exchange in what promises to be the largest new Indian listing since mining giant Vedanta came to the market in December 2003.

Indian oil and gas giant explores $1.5bn listing on London market

An internet start-up backed by Sir Richard Branson, that promises to transform the global computer games industry, is set to list in London with a 1bn (670m) valuation.

Game Domain International, a start-up based in Germany, has created an online virtual world, similar to Second Life, that also allows subscribers to download the latest computer games.

Second Life rival seeks 1bn UK listing

Chris Gorman, the serial entrepreneur who came to the fore during a riotous court case after the collapse of the Gadget Shop, is hoping to reinvent himself with his own version of online phenomenon Second Life.

Mr Gorman is operations director and 5pc owner of start-up company Game Domain International (GDI), which despite not yet generating any revenue is hoping to float in London and Frankfurt early next year for an eye-watering 1bn (680m).

GDI float 'signals dotcom mania'

A service delivering adverts on banks' ATMs, i-design, plans to raise 3.5m and float on Aim this Friday, valuing the business at 9.5m.

Aim float to value i-design at 9.5m

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Wednesday 18 July 2007i-design group - 20/07/07India Hospitality - 20/07/07Marwyn Value Investors - 23/07/07Mobile Doctors Group (MDG) - First dayOakley Capital Investments - Early AugustRapid Realisations Fund - 02/07/07Worldspreads Group - 01/08/07

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Thursday 19 July 2007Africa Opportunity Fund - 24/07/07Ludgate Environmental - 02/08/07Nordic Land Ltd - 03/08/07

Website? Check. High-profile retail float? Check. Propensity for shares to be over-subscribed? Check. Questor surely cannot be alone in thinking he is stuck in a dotcom version of Life on Mars?

The share offering for price comparison site Moneysupermarket.com (MSC) has all the hallmarks of the barrage of internet floats that rode the crest of the dotcom wave in the late 1990s. Founder and chief executive Simon Nixon would argue his site is different from the likes of lastminute.com and its ilk because it is making real money, with a profit of 11.7m last year.

Don't get caught in this website's trap

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Monday 23 July 2007CapRegen Plc - 24/07/07IdaTech plc - 06/08/07In House Group plc - 06/08/07India Hosp. Corp - 24/07/07Nordic Land Ltd 03/08/03Nviro Cleantech - 06/08/03

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Tuesday 24 July 2007Capregen PLC (CGN) - First dayNordic Land Ltd - 03/08/07Nordic Land - 03/08/07

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Wednesday 25 July 2007American Leisure Grp. - Early AugustConnemara Mining - 31/07/07Epicure Qatar Equity - 31/07/07Et.China.com - 31/07/07

Door shut on IPOs after the summer sell-off

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Friday 27 July 2007Hollywood Media 10/08/07Nviro Cleantech - 06/08/07

Knives sharpened for UK foreign listings review

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Monday 30 July 2007Lewis Charles Romania Property Fund - 02/08/07Oakley Capital - 03/08/07

IPOs/Flotation Announcements - Tuesday 31 July 2007Connemara Mining Co (CON) - First dayEpicure Qatar Equity (EQEO) - First dayEt-china.com - 03/08/07Sepura PLC (SEPU) - Offer price

Floatations worth looking at as per Shares mag this week:
BELLZONE MINING - Late March - AIM - Market Value $4-6m
CSF GROUP - 22nd March - AIM - Market value 85m
EMIS GROUP - 29th March - AIM - Market Value 200m
METRIC PROPERTY - 24th March - MAIN - Market value 150m
SQUARESTONE BRASIL - 22nd March - AIM - Market value 150-250m
SUPERGROUP - 24th March - MAIN - Market value 395m
TELITI INT - H1 2010 - AIM - Market value 35-40m
AFRICAN BARRICK GOLD - NOW - MAIN - Market value $3.9bn

TAN share price up 36% last week - prompted company to put out an RNS announcement just before market close last Friday.

It is a little ambiguous. It could mean that Smith Electric Vehicles (now a US company) is raising more money from private US investors (they willingly and quickly stumped up $58m in 24 hours last March) - or it could be that Smith's long awaited floatation on the Nasdaq stockmarket is imminent - and the share price rise was due to expectation that TAN's price will jump high when that happens. Assuming TAN maintains a substantial stake in Smith (currently 32.2%). Goldman Sachs are known to have been sounding out market enthusiasm for months.

Royal Mail Share Offer
Royal Mail has announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange.

Royal Mail has not yet confirmed the date the Initial Public Offering (IPO) will open, however, you can read the Intention to Float and Group factsheet for more details. More information about Royal Mail and the Offer will be made available when the Prospectus is published.

Merlin Entertainments plc ("Merlin" or the "Company"), a global leader in branded, location-based family entertainment, today announces its intention to proceed with an initial public offering (the "IPO" or the "Global Offer"). Merlin intends to apply for admission of its ordinary shares ("Shares") to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (together, "Admission").

Merlin operates 99 attractions in 22 countries which attracted more than 54 million visitors in 2012, generating total revenue of £1,074.3 million and underlying EBITDA of £346.0 million. It is Europe's leading visitor attraction operator and the second largest globally after Walt Disney.

Merlin's leading position has been built through a combination of organic investment and strategic acquisitions. The Directors of Merlin believe that the Global Offer will position Merlin for the next stage of its development by providing the appropriate long-term ownership structure. The Global Offer will also assist the Group in retaining and incentivising employees.

INVESTMENT EXTRA: Investors see magic in Madame Tussauds owner Merlin as it prepares for £3bn London listing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/investing/article-2476989/INVESTMENT-EXTRA-Investors-magic-Merlin.html

Merlin to float at offer range between 280-330p. Just to sweeten the deal, they have offered investors who buy more than £1000 of shares, 30% discount at their attractions, such as Alton Towers.

Saga & House of Fraser propose to float in early 2014.