Written by leading practitioners at Herbert Smith, A Practical Guide to the UK Listing Regime provides an invaluable source of guidance and commentary on the FSA's Listing, Prospectus, Disclosure and Transparency Rules for those involved in running or advising UK listed companies.

As well as covering the process of seeking admission of a company's shares to the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and the preparation and publication of a Prospectus Directive compliant prospectus, it provides detailed commentary o the ongoing obligations of UK listed companies under the Listing, Prospectus, Disclosure and Transparency Rules, including:

• disclosure of inside information
• directors’ dealings and disclosure of interests in voting rights
• financial reporting
• corporate governance and shareholder communication
• significant and related party transactions
• further share issues

Highlighting practical considerations for company officers and their advisers and describing the roles that a company's sponsor, lawyers and reporting accountants play, A Practical Guide to the UK Listing Regime is structured for ease and speed of reference.

"The great advantage of this guide is that, as well as covering all the extant rules, it also looks at the commercial issues that companies face and what they have to consider in practice." Howard Rubenstein, Company Secretary, YELL Group Plc

Paperback •  ISBN: 9781860723957 •   384 pages • Published May 2008 • £65.00

Contents
Overview of the listing regime        
Admission to the Official List        
Role and responsibilities of a sponsor        
Preparing and publishing a prospectus
Control and disclosure of inside information
Financial reporting
Disclosure of share dealings and interests in voting rights
Corporate governance and shareholder communication and information rights
Significant and related party transactions
Further share issues and share buy-backs

About the author
Herbert Smith LLP: Herbert Smith LLP is a leading and full-service international legal practice with a 1,200-lawyer network across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Their London-based corporate practice offers market-leading capability on public and private mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, listings and further equity issues, corporate restructurings, corporate governance, projects and tax. They advise clients from a wide-range of business sectors including energy and infrastructure, financial institutions and TMT.