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Chapter 4: Primary Markets Flashcards

1
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What is a greenshoe, or over-allotment clause?

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Enables companies to increase the number of shares offered at IPO.

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What are the 3 broad stages to an IPO?

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The decision
The preparation of the prospectus
The sale of securities

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Who underwrites the offer?

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Investment bank or banks that manage the sale

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What is a “firm” underwriting?

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Where there is a guarantee in place to purchase the securities

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What is a “best-efforts” underwriting?

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Where banks will do their best to sell the shares from the offering

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What is the risk the underwriter may take on in a “best-efforts” underwriting?

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If the IPO is under subscribed, they may suffer reputational damage - meaning less likely to be involved in future IPOs

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What is a follow-on offering commonly referred to as?

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Secondary offering

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8
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When would a company not do a secondary offering?

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In a bear market

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9
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What are the 3 ways that a company can use IPOs?

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Offers for sale
Placings
Introductions

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What is an offer for sale?

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Issuing company sells its shares to a issuing house (usually investment bank), who then take on the role at selling them to to public at a higher price

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What is a fixed-price offer?

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Price is usually fixed at just below where it is believed the issue should be fully subscribed

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What is the benefit of a fixed-price offer?

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Encourages an active secondary market

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What is a tender offer?

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Company sets a minimum tender price
Investors state the number of shares they wish to purchase and which price they are willing to pay

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What happens when a tender offer closes?

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A single settlement price is determined by the issuing house, and all applications at or above will be accepted at that price

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Which offer type is more common?

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Fixed-price

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What is the benefit of tender offer over fixed-price?

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More efficient way of allocating shares and maximising proceeds

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17
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What is the downside of tender offers?

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More complex to administer

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18
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Where does the term greenshoe come from?

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Green Shoe Manufacturing Company is 1919 was the first company to be permitted to do a over-allotment option

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What does the over-allotment option allow underwriters to do?

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Sell up to an additional 15% more shares if demand is in excess

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How can the underwriter to support the stock price in case of adverse market conditions?

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They can buy shares on the open market

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What is a selective placing?

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Company markets issue directly to broker/issuing house which in turn places the shares with selected clients

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Why is a placing sometimes referred to as selective marketing?

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Because the intermediary is selecting the clients on who to offer to

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What is a private placement?

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A placement offered directly to a restricted class of investors, known as “sophisticated, qualified or accredited”

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Why are private placements not allowed to be offered to the public?

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They have not filed a formal prospectus or offering document that is required by regulation to offer shares to regular investors

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What does a prospectus outline?

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Details regarding the offering
Detailed business plan
How the proceeds will be used
Director details
Risks disclosure

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What are the regulations for private placements in the UK, EU, US?

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UK - Prospectus Regulations (reflect EUs regs)
EU - Prospectus Directive (PD)
US - Reg D

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What is an introduction?

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A direct listing of a company shares into a new secondary market
A way of gaining liquidity by offering into a new market - e.g. ADR?

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28
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What is a hybrid instrument?

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One that has characteristics of bonds and equities

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What does an exchangeable bond offer to the investor?

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Right to exchange the bond for a set number of shares, but the shares are not those of the bond issuer - but of another companies shares held by the issuer.

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What benefits do exchangeable bonds offer to investors?

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Safety of coupons and repayments, combined with the potential upside of equity growth

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What benefits do exchangeable bonds offer to issuers?

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Can raise borrowed funds more cheaply, as they are more attractive to investors

32
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What is the negative of IPO to the company?

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Loss of company control, higher disclosure requirements

33
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How are exchangeable bonds similar to IPOs?

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The offer can be underwritten by banks

34
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What is a listing agent sometimes known as?

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Sponsor

35
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Who can be a listing agent?

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Investment bank, stockbroker, financial services firm

36
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What does a listing agent do?

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Assessing company suitability for IPO
Best method of listing
Organising prospectus

37
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What is the listing agent / sponsor known as in LSE’s AIM?

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Nominated advisor (nomad)

38
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What do reporting accountants sometimes known as?

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Public auditors

39
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What do reporting accountants do?

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Attest to validity of financial information provided in the prospectus

40
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What is the origination team?

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Corporate broker
Acts as an intermediary between the company and the stock market, advises on market conditions

41
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How would corporate governance be modified for an IPO?

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Reducing the influence of a single individual
Qualified financial director

42
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What is a Syndicate Group?

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Listing agent gathers together a syndicate of investment banks and institutional clients to market shares to their clients

43
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When are Syndicate Groups used?

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For large listings

44
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What is a road show?

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Marketing events held by institutions pitching IPOs to clients

45
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What is the process of finding buyers for issuing company’s know as?

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Book-building

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What is a lead manager

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Manager taking responsibility of an area (geographical etc) in a Syndicate Group

47
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How much can price ranges differ between different lead managers in a Syndicate?

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10-15%

48
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What is a book runner?

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Lead managers who coordinate overall demand across a Syndicate

49
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How does price finalisation occur in a Syndicate?

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Syndicates will market shares at a price range, and price will be set based on demand

50
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What is underwriting?

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Contracts with financial institutions that guarantee share purchase if demand is insufficient
Commonly at a discount to what is to be offered to the public

51
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What is stabilisation?

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Lead managers agreeing to support the price by buying in the secondary market if the price falls below a certain level

52
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What happens to the shares purchased during stabilisation?

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Sold into the open market over time

53
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What does the FCA require during stabilisation?

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Disclosure to investors that it is occuring

54
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How else is stabilisation enforced?

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Volatility circuit breakers
Greenshoe options

55
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What are the 3 major constituents for regulation in the LSE?

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The law - UK Companies Act
FCA
LSE Rule Book

56
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What does the FCA have to give before an exchange is allowed to be operated in the UK?

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Recognition, becomes a recognised investment exchange (RIE)
Lays down rules that have to be met before a company can be listed

57
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What are the two stages of listing?

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Prospectus documentation
Application to stock exchange

58
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What are the two markets on the LSE?

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The Main Market
AIM

59
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What are the requirements for entering the main market?

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Must be plc
>£30m market cap
3 years books
10% of shares in public hands
prospectus
cannot issue warrants for more than 20% of share capital

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Who do you have to appoint to enter the AIM?

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Appoint two people
Nomad - Nominated Advisor - exchange expert
Broker, ensure sufficient liquidity

61
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What is a supranational?

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Global organisations, e.g. World Bank

62
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What are agencies? (bonds)

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Issue bonds for particular purposes, usually gov backed
E.g. Fannie Mae

63
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What is the most common pricing method for the DMO?

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Auction

64
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What are the two pricing methods for bond issuance?

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Tender
Auction

65
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Who can bid on bond issuances?

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GEMMs - Gilt-edged market makers

66
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What happens if auction is not fully taken up?

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DMO can take the gilts ono its own books

67
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How does a tender offer work?
Imagine the auction is for £1 million nominal and the minimum price is £100 for £100 nominal. The
bids submitted are:

  • A offers to buy £0.5 million nominal, paying £101.50 for every £100 nominal.
  • B offers to buy £0.5 million nominal, paying £100.75 for every £100 nominal.
  • C offers to buy £0.5 million nominal, paying £100.50 for every £100 nominal.
A
  • A offers to buy £0.5 million nominal, paying £101.50 for every £100 nominal.
  • B offers to buy £0.5 million nominal, paying £100.75 for every £100 nominal.
  • C offers to buy £0.5 million nominal, paying £100.50 for every £100 nominal.

In this instance, A and B are awarded the gilts, but both pay the lower price: £100.75 (the highest
price at which all the gilts could be sold).

68
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What was introduced to allow companies to regularly issue bonds in the U.S.?

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Shelf registration, allows companies to issue bonds over two years

69
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What term have shelf registrations commonly been used for?

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MTNs
2-10 years

70
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What is it called when investors request bond terms from a company?

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Reverse inquiries

71
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What is pitching?

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Investment banks interested in assisting in the issue will pitch to the issuer

72
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What is the indicative bid?

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Banks will detail their view during pitching on how much the issuer is likely to raise given the terms of the bond issue

73
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What is the mandate announcement?

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Issuer announces which bank(s) have been given the mandate to arrange the issue

74
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What is a co-lead manager

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Situation where lots of interest so a lead manager role is split out - maybe by geographical areas

75
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