A IPO év az EVRAZ Plc - 2011
A kezdeti nyilvános ajánlattétel olyan nyilvános ajánlattétel, amelyben a társaság részvényeit általában olyan intézményi befektetőknek adják el, akik viszont értékpapírcserében először értékesítik a nagyközönségnek.
Through IPO a privately held company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital, possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors, and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the capital to its public investors. After the IPO, when shares trade freely in the open market, money passes between public investors.
Although IPO offers many advantages, there are also significant disadvantages, chief among these are the costs associated with the process and the requirement to disclose certain information that could prove helpful to competitors.
The IPO process is colloquially known as going public. Details of the proposed offering are disclosed to potential purchasers in the form of a lengthy document known as a prospectus. Most companies undertake an IPO with the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter. Underwriters provide several services, including help with correctly assessing the value of shares.
EVRAZ plc, together with its subsidiaries, produces and distributes steel and related products in Russia, the Americas, Asia, Europe, CIS, Africa, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Steel; Steel, North America; Coal; and Other Operations. The company offers steel products; various coking coal blends, including hard, semi-hard, and semi-soft; and value-added products, such as infrastructure steel, rails, large diameter pipes, and tubular goods. Its products are used in construction, rail infrastructure, and engineering and mining industries. The company is also involved in the extraction of vanadium ore; production of vanadium products; iron ore and coal mining and enrichment; and energy-generation, shipping, and railway transportation businesses. EVRAZ plc was founded in 1992 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.