AIM MARKET UPDATE September 2017
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1 Information sourced from London Stock Exchange and Allenby Capital CONTENTS
]] Overview 3
]] New Admissions 4
]] Secondary Fundraises 13
]] Trading Volumes 18
]] AIM Market Overview 22
]] Main Market Overview 26
]] Allenby Capital Overview 28
2 OVERVIEW
After unusually strong summer months, decision to join AIM. Although none of AIM MARKET Total raisings AIM had a very quiet September – especially the IPOs in September included a vendor secondary issues. The £226m raised placing, 38% of funds raised at IPO during oney raised m e (primary and secondary issues) was well 2017 so far has been for exiting shareholders, 1400 oney raised m urther below the £521m average of the first eight larger share than the 28.7% recorded in 1200 months. Despite the slowdown the year-to- 2016. The 2017 figures have been boosted 1000 date total amount raised through the end of by several large deals such as the owners of September of £4.4bn is close to surpassing Eddie Stobart Group plc and Strix Group plc 800 2016’s full year total of £4.77bn with three taking money off the table at IPO - £271m 600 months of statistics still to be recorded. Both and £190m respectively. 400 new issues (+44.6% yoy) and secondary 200 raisings (+33.8% yoy) have been strong The collective market capitalisation of compared to the same period through 2016. AIM remained above the £100bn mark 0 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 5 5 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 in September and the average market - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 r r r r y y g v g g v ct ct an an ec ec p p Ju l We included vendor placings within our capitalisation of the 959 constituents set a Ju l o o J J u u u O O Ju n Ju n Sep Sep Feb Sep Feb A A D D M a M a A A N A N M a new issues statistics as we see them as an new high of £104.5m in September. M a important and relevant part of a company’s
AIM MARKET Funds Raised on Aim
18,000 16,000 Money raised £m Further 14,000 Money raised £m New 12,000
m) 10,000 ( £ 8,000 6,000 ra is e d 4,000
F unds 2,000 0 2017 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ytd Money raised £m Further 25 302 350 318 600 1,338 535 486 1,000 1,880 2,481 5,734 9,603 3,214 4,861 5,738 3,661 2,218 2,738 2,962 3,984 3,290 2,550 Money raised £m New 71 521 342 268 334 1,754 593 490 1,095 2,776 6,461 9,944 6,581 1,108 740 1,219 608.8 703 1,251 2,938 1,344 1,475 1,844 Money raised £m Total 96 824 692 585 934 3,092 1,128 976 2,095 4,656 8,942 15,678 16,184 4,322 5,602 6,958 4,270 2,921 3,989 5,900 5,327 4,765 4,394
3 Information sourced from London Stock Exchange and Allenby Capital NEW ADMISSIONS
4 SEPTEMBER 2017 - Number of AIM constituents falls to 959
The number of companies on AIM slipped AIM MARKET 2017 Net new admissions / departures by four in September to 959. The 4 new joiners were offset by 8 departures. Of the 4 new joiners, all have their main operations in the UK. Of the 8 departures: ]] One was the subject of RTO ]] Two were aquired ]] One chose to delist
]] One was forced to delist ]] Two failed to appoint a NOMAD ]] One entered administration