An initial public offering (IPO, short for Initial Public Offering) is a financial transaction involving the sale of a company’s shares on a stock exchange. It may take the form of either a capital increase by the company or the sale of shares held by a specific shareholder (such as a private equity firm, the government or others), where the size of the transaction necessitates the raising of public capital.
The structuring of these transactions requires the involvement of several parties, including, as a matter of course, a management and intermediation company and a listing sponsor (mandatory for the SME sub-fund), all subject to the regulatory oversight of the UMOA Financial Markets Authority. Finance Gestion et Intermédiation (FGI) holds both of these authorisations.
FGI will therefore be able to easily complete all the necessary regulatory procedures for your company’s listing, across all market segments and sectors. The IPO application is structured in accordance with all the necessary requirements (legal, regulatory, submission of the application to the AMF-UMOA, etc.), involving other parties as required, such as chartered accountants and members of the investment syndicate.
To date, the indicative terms and conditions for fundraising are summarised in The Issuer’s Guide – FGI BOURSE – Finance Gestion Intermédiation (fgi-bourse.com).
Finance, Management and Intermediation would like to highlight the many benefits of an initial public offering, namely: