MONDAY 30 JUNE 14.30 – 16.00

IPO Start to Finish

Corporate experiences of fund raising

Chair: Joe Barclay, Regional Liaison Director, University of Oxford

This session focuses on 3 successful fund raising case studies, covering both pre-IPO and IPO experience.

Patrick Doyle, CEO, Syntaxin Ltd; Peter Fowler, CEO, Westminster Group plc; and Steve Howell, CEO, Freshwater UK plc, will all give insight into their own corporate experience of fund raising. They will cover:

the challenges
the benefits of capital markets
lessons learned

Other experts – Peter Elliott, Partner, Charles Russell LLP; Andy Porter, Commercial Banker, Coutts & Co; Mark Dowding, Partner, Vantis Corporate Finance; and Tim Davis, Marketing Director, Charles Stanley Securities – will cover the legal, banking, accounting, and NOMAD/broker perspectives.

14.30

Introduction

Joe Barclay, Regional Liaison Director, University of Oxford

14.35

Case Study 1: Fund raising to advance development of novel drug pipeline

Pre-IPO Company

Patrick Doyle, CEO, Syntaxin Ltd

14.50

Banking Perspective: Banking support for the pre-IPO and IPO company

Andy Porter, Commercial Banker, Coutts & Co.

14.55

Case Study 2

AIM has provided access to finance for growth, has raised public profile, and enhanced credibility with international customers

Peter Fowler, Chief Executive Officer, Westminster Group PLC; and
Peter Elliott, Partner, Charles Russell LLP

15.15

Accountant’s Perspective

Lifting the company’s game on corporate governance and reporting systems

Mark Dowding, Partner, Vantis Corporate Finance

15.20

Case Study 3: Post-IPO case study

Flotation followed by buy and build strategy: in the prevailing climate small caps must have something extra special if they are to catch investors’ eyes

Steve Howell, Chief Executive, Freshwater UK PLC and
Tim Davis, Marketing Director, Charles Stanley Securities

15.40

Q+A for the Panel

Panel members: Joe Barclay, Patrick Doyle, Andy Porter, Peter Fowler, Peter Elliott, Mark Dowding, Steve Howell, Tim Davis.

16.00

Organised by Charles Russell, Charles Stanley, Coutts, and Vantis

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