December 2015 – AIM new arrivals and departures
The final month of 2015 saw an increased level of new issuance activity on AIM with 5 genuine new arrivals and 2 re-admissions. Our updated AIMsearch search tool offers guidance on which AIM companies, including the new arrivals, benefit from the valuable tax benefits. For more on the exciting new arrivals read on…
At the end of December 2015 there were 1,044 companies on AIM with a total market value of £73.07bn. This compares with 1,049 companies on AIM at the end of November 2015 when the market value was £73.9bn. The new arrivals included the much talked about online estate agency Purplebricks which we covered in our Blog on 20th November (“Purplebricks Group - Is this the craziest IPO valuation of all?”). Having arrived on AIM on 17th December 2015 at a price 100p and a resulting market capitalisation of £240m the shares have found little support up to now with the…