New Issues from 16 April to 15 July, 1997

AIT Group PLC
Systems integrator specialising in support services

Sponsor:

Greig Middleton

Auditor:

Casson Beckham and James & Cowper

Solicitor:

Osborne Clarke

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

30.4

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

39.5

Issue price:

150p

1st dealing date:

27 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Alliance & Leicester PLC
Banking

Sponsor:

JP Morgan

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Lovell, White Durant

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

3,300

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

567p

1st dealing date:

21 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Ashtenne Holdings PLC
Management of industrial estates and portfolios

Sponsor:

Natwest Markets

Auditor:

Deloitte & Touche

Solicitor:

Cameron Mckenna

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

78.9

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

42.2

Issue price:

125p

1st dealing date:

1 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Aston Villa PLC
Football Club

Sponsor:

Albert E Sharp

Auditor:

Deloitte & Touche

Solicitor:

Eversheds

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

126

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

11.9

Issue price:

1100p

1st dealing date:

7 May

P/E Ratio:

33.4

Prospective Dividend Yield:

2.10


Bakery Services PLC
Bakery services provider

Sponsor:

Smith & Williamson

Auditor:

Hill Wooldridge & Co

Solicitor:

Memery Crystal

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

2.20

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

49.1

Issue price:

3p

1st dealing date:

7 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Cable & Wireless Communications PLC
Telecommunication & television entertainment

Sponsor:

Baring Brothers

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Ashurst, Morris Crisp

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4460

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

300p

1st dealing date:

28 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Cammell Laird Holdings PLC
Ship conversion and general ship repair

Sponsor:

Beeson Gregory Ltd

Auditor:

Grant Thornton

Solicitor:

Travers Smith Braithwaite

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

21.2

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

35.3

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

14 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Comino PLC
Application software solutions

Sponsor:

Williams de Broe

Auditor:

Grant Thornton

Solicitor:

Edge & Ellison

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

14.4

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

18.1

Issue price:

130p

1st dealing date:

24 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Delcam PLC
Computer software development

Sponsor:

Tilney & Co

Auditor:

Deloitte & Touche

Solicitor:

Garretts

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

15.3

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

15.0

Issue price:

260p

1st dealing date:

15 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Downing Healthcare Protected VCT PLC
Investment Company

Sponsor:

Albert E Sharp

Auditor:

Ernst & Young

Solicitor:

Howard Kennedy

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4.91

Type:

O/Sub

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

50.0p

1st dealing date:

19 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Dragons Health Clubs PLC
Operator of health clubs

Sponsor:

Smith & Williamson

Auditor:

BDO Stoy Hayward

Solicitor:

Berwin Leighton

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

10.0

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

17.0

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

30 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Eagles PLC
Rugby club

Sponsor:

Peel Hunt & Co

Auditor:

Townends

Solicitor:

Eversheds

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

3.90

Type:

O

% Equity issued:

23.1

Issue price:

40.0p

1st dealing date:

21 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Galens Holdings PLC
Pharmaceutical product supplier

Sponsor:

Baring Brothers International

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Norton Rose

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

181.9

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

25.0

Issue price:

150p

1st dealing date:

10 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Gallagher Group PLC
Tobacco manuafacturer

Sponsor:

Morgan Stanley & Co

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Freshfields

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

1,901

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

275.5p

1st dealing date:

30 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Grosmont Holdings PLC
Provider of equity for smaller companies

Sponsor:

Charles Stanley

Auditor:

Grant Thornton

Solicitor:

Stringer Saul

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

2.50

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

80.0

Issue price:

5.00p per unit comprising of 2 Ords and 1 Warrant

1st dealing date:

26 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Halifax PLC
Banking services

Sponsor:

Deutsche Morgan Grenfell

Auditor:

KPMG Audit PLC

Solicitor:

Freshfields

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

18,436

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

736p

1st dealing date:

2 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Heart of Midlothian PLC
Football club

Sponsor:

Williams de Broe

Auditor:

Rutherford Manson, Dowds

Solicitor:

W & J Burness WS

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

14.2

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

38.5

Issue price:

140p

1st dealing date:

19 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Highland Timber PLC
Ownership of forests and timber harvesting

Sponsor:

Brewin Dolphin Bell Lawrie

Auditor:

Coopers and Lybrand

Solicitor:

W & J Burness WS

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

7.77

Type:

O/Sub

% Equity issued:

n/a

Issue price:

120p

1st dealing date:

17 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Hitachi Credit (UK) PLC
Credit finance company

Sponsor:

UBS Ltd

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Travers Smith Braithwaite

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

57.3

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

34.9

Issue price:

135p

1st dealing date:

15 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Integrated Asset Management PLC
Investment company

Sponsor:

Peel Hunt & Co

Auditor:

Pannell Kerr Forster

Solicitor:

Edward Lewis

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

3.00

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

91.7

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

19 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


ITG Group PLC
Sale and maintenance of communications equipment

Sponsor:

Goodbody Stockbrokers

Auditor:

Hargaden Moor

Solicitor:

Patrick F. O'Reillly & Co

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

6.60

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

31.5

Issue price:

148p

1st dealing date:

2 May

P/E Ratio:

14.4

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Lady in Leisure Group PLC
Women only health and fitness

Sponsor:

Charles Stanley

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Watson, Farley & Williams

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4.57

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

39.6

Issue price:

110p

1st dealing date:

24 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Longbridge International PLC
Recruitment consultants

Sponsor:

Teather & Greenwood

Auditor:

BDO Stoy Hayward

Solicitor:

Howard Kennedy

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

3.33

Type:

O/Sub

% Equity issued:

23.5

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

8 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Martin Currie Income & Growth Trust PLC
Investment Trust

Sponsor:

Hoare Govett

Auditor:

Ernst & Young

Solicitor:

Theodore Goddard

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

6.60

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

31.5

Issue price:

100p Cap 100p Inc

1st dealing date:

30 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

9.25


Newmark Technology Group PLC
Electronic security systems

Sponsor:

Grant Thornton

Auditor:

Leigh Carr

Solicitor:

Walsh Lawson

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4.20

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

19.1

Issue price:

10.0p

1st dealing date:

15 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


NMT Group PLC
Development of technology for the advancement of safety in the medical field by eliminating needle stick injuries

Sponsor:

Panmure Gordon

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Gouldens

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

19.6

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

50.9

Issue price:

50.0p

1st dealing date:

17 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Norwich Union PLC
Life insurance

Sponsor:

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson

Auditor:

Ernst & Young

Solicitor:

Linklaters & Paines

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

5,690

Type:

O

% Equity issued:

99.2

Issue price:

290p

1st dealing date:

16 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Partners Holdings PLC
Stationery retail

Sponsor:

Peel Hunt & Co.

Auditor:

Ernst & Young

Solicitor:

Theodore Goddard

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

28.0

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

30.1

Issue price:

150p

1st dealing date:

28 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Pennine AIM VCT II PLC
Investing company

Sponsor:

Granville & Co.

Auditor:

Baker Tilly

Solicitor:

Edge & Ellison

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4.62

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

1 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Powderject Pharmaceticals PLC
Development of drug delivery

Sponsor:

Robert Fleming & Co

Auditor:

Price Waterhouse

Solicitor:

Linklaters & Paines

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

109

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

32.0

Issue price:

185p

1st dealing date:

17 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Primesight PLC
Advertising contractor

Sponsor:

Bell Lawrie White & Co

Auditor:

Casson Beckman

Solicitor:

Maclay Murray & Spens

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

13.6

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

28.1

Issue price:

135p

1st dealing date:

1 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Qualceram PLC
Manufacture of bathroom suite

Sponsor:

English Trust Company & Davy Stockbrokers

Auditor:

BDO Simpson Xavier

Solicitor:

Lawrence Graham

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

21.0

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

30.9

Issue price:

IR150p

1st dealing date:

24 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Randgold Resources
Mineral exploration

Sponsor:

HSBC Investment Bank

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Norton Rose

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

$335

Type:

O

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

$16.5

1st dealing date:

1 Jul

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Reabourne Merlin Life Sciences Investment Trust
Investment Trust

Sponsor:

Panmure Gordon

Auditor:

Robson Rhodes

Solicitor:

Clifford Chance

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

30.1

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

23 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


royalblue Group PLC
Supplier of software products and services

Sponsor:

Hoare Govett Corporate Finance Ltd

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Ashurst Morris Crisp

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

46.7

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

24.9

Issue price:

170p

1st dealing date:

9 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Salehurst PLC
Supplier of paper

Sponsor:

Singer & Friedlander

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Travers Smith Braithwaite

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

15.5

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

25.8

Issue price:

117p

1st dealing date:

6 May

P/E Ratio:

10.9

Prospective Dividend Yield:

4.0


SBS Group PLC
Specialist recruitment agency

Sponsor:

Singer & Friedlander

Auditor:

Pannell Kerr Forster

Solicitor:

Rowe & Maw

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

7.05

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

21.5

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

5 June

P/E Ratio:

24.1

Prospective Dividend Yield:

3.00


SGB Group PLC
Design and manufacture of access related products

Sponsor:

Kleinwort Benson

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Freshfields

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

113

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

49.0

Issue price:

150

1st dealing date:

25 June

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

3.70


Soccer Investments PLC
Acquisition of a controlling interest in a football club

Sponsor:

Apax Partners & Co.

Auditor:

Price Waterhouse

Solicitor:

Halliwell Landau

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

10.0

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

23 April

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


SOCO International PLC
Oil & gas exploration and production

Sponsor:

SBC Warburg

Auditor:

Arthur Andersen

Solicitor:

Slaughter & May

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

144

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

66.8

Issue price:

310p

1st dealing date:

29 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


South Beach Cafe PLC
Restaurant operator

Sponsor:

Grant Thornton

Auditor:

Grant Thornton

Solicitor:

Stringer Saul

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

9.70

Type:

O/Sub

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

6.00p

1st dealing date:

27 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Topps Tiles PLC
Retailer of tiles

Sponsor:

Coopers & Lybrand Corporate Finance

Auditor:

Binder Hamlyn

Solicitor:

Osborne Clarke

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

20.0

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

39.9

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

2 June

P/E Ratio:

8.80

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Versalite Group PLC
Glazing products

Sponsor:

Ellis & Partners

Auditor:

Hacker Young

Solicitor:

Memery Crystal

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4.32

Type:

P1

% Equity issued:

25.4

Issue price:

3.0p

1st dealing date:

14 May

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


Woolwich PLC
Personal banking services

Sponsor:

J Henry Schroder & Co

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Slaughter & May

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4,792

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

334p

1st dealing date:

7 July

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a


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