flotation

4 definitions • 10 examples

an occasion when a company's shares are sold to the public for the first time:

stock market flotation The Glasgow-based company is to launch a stock market flotation this summer.

the action of floating

a container filled with water in which people float in order to relax:

She'd just had a session in a flotation tank.

a situation in which a company offers shares for sale on a stock market for the first time:

Shares fell one point to 138p, their lowest level since flotation in May.

a planned/proposed/possible flotation Interest from institutional investors in a possible flotation is rumoured to be strong.

Several subsidiaries were sold during a public flotation in 2005.

flotation of sth Finance experts have predicted a wave of flotations of private equity firms.

£500 million/$2.4 billion, etc. flotation Plans will be announced for a $1.1 billion flotation later today.

Publicly, the firm remains committed to a stock market flotation, which is likely to value it at up to pounds 4.5 bn.

The French media giant is the latest in a series of companies to abandon flotation plans.

Shares ended the week at 392p, compared with their 380p flotation price.