Newfull

New Issues from 15 October, 1997 to 13 January, 1998

Autologic Holdings PLC
Finished vehicle logistics

Sponsor:

Cazenove & Co

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Freshfields

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

66.2

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

48

Issue price:

1st dealing date:

11 Dec

P/E Ratio:

12.6

Prospective Dividend Yield:

3

BCH PLC
Vehicle hire and leasing

Sponsor:

HSBC Investment Bank

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Norton Rose

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

30.1

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

63.1

Issue price:

190.00

1st dealing date:

6 Nov

P/E Ratio:

12.5

Prospective Dividend Yield:

3.25

BCO Technologies PLC
Electronics

Sponsor:

Bell Lawrie White & Co & Goodbody Stockbrokers

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

McGrigor Donald & Elliott Duffy Garrett

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

25

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

40

Issue price:

140.00

1st dealing date:

17 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Bond International Software PLC
Design and development of software and hardware to the recruitment industry

Sponsor:

Grant Thornton

Auditor:

Kidsons Impey & Wellden Legg & Co

Solicitor:

Memery Crystal

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

8.85

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

22.5

Issue price:

65.00

1st dealing date:

30 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Boustead PLC
Design and manufacture of cleaning systems & automobile air induction components, distribution of bearings and power transmission products

Sponsor:

Ellis & Partners Ltd

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Memery Crystal

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

14

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

21.00

1st dealing date:

8 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Bovis Homes PLC
Builder of houses and retirement homes

Sponsor:

Hambros Bank Ltd

Auditor:

KPMG Audit PLC

Solicitor:

Norton Rose

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

226

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

99.8

Issue price:

200.00

1st dealing date:

9 Dec

P/E Ratio:

8.9

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

CRC Group PLC
Provision of repair management and repair services for electronic and computer components

Sponsor:

Neilson Cobbold

Auditor:

Grant Thornton

Solicitor:

Edge & Ellison

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

11.5

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

26.1

Issue price:

90.00

1st dealing date:

21 Nov

P/E Ratio:

12

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Capital Opportunities Trust PLC
Investment trust

Sponsor:

SBC Warburg Dillon Read

Auditor:

Robson Rhodes

Solicitor:

Dickson Minto WS

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

10.1

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

100.00

1st dealing date:

20 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Comland Commercial PLC
Developer and manager of industrial and commercial property

Sponsor:

Charterhouse Bank Ltd

Auditor:

Arthur Andersen

Solicitor:

Simmons & Simmons

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

2.71

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

68.00

1st dealing date:

9 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Cresco International PLC
Investment company

Sponsor:

Bell Lawrie White & Co

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

McGrigor Donald

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

8.27

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

38.1

Issue price:

150.00p

1st dealing date:

7 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Energis PLC
Network provider of advanced broadbend national communications services

Sponsor:

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Slaughter & May

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

203

Type:

O

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

270.00

1st dealing date:

16 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Foresight Technology VCT PLC
Venture capital trust

Sponsor:

Martineau Johnson

Auditor:

KPMG Audit PLC

Solicitor:

Martineau Johnson

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

1.62

Type:

O/Sub

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

100p

1st dealing date:

24 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

General Industries PLC
Provider of finance for growing businesses

Sponsor:

Pel Hunt & Co

Auditor:

Binder Hamlyn

Solicitor:

Morgan Bruce

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

1.4

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

69.8

Issue price:

35.00

1st dealing date:

12 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Gooch & Housego PLC
Manfacturer of high quality precision optical components and bespoke glass engineered structures

Sponsor:

Price Waterhouse Corporate Finance

Auditor:

Price Waterhouse

Solicitor:

Osborne Clarke

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

17.8

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

33.3

Issue price:

105.00

1st dealing date:

12 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Gyrus Group PLC
Surgical equipment

Sponsor:

Panmure Gordon & Co

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Gouldens

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

44.9

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

31.2

Issue price:

145.00

1st dealing date:

13 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Holmes Place PLC
Owner and operator of health clubs in the London area

Sponsor:

NatWest Markets

Auditor:

Deloitte & Touche

Solicitor:

S J Berwin & Co

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

86.5

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

36.9

Issue price:

128.00

1st dealing date:

4 Nov

P/E Ratio:

17.1

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Jersey Phoenix Trust PLC
Investment trust

Sponsor:

Hoare Govett Corporate Finance

Auditor:

Alex Picot & Co

Solicitor:

Stephenson Harwood

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

Issue price:

100.00

1st dealing date:

16 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Longmead Group PLC
Manufacturer and designer of ceramic products

Sponsor:

Smith & Williamson

Auditor:

Deloitte & Touche

Solicitor:

Memery Crystal

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4.86

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

30.8

Issue price:

135.00

1st dealing date:

31 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Maelor PLC
Healthcare products

Sponsor:

English Trust

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Eversheds

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

13

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

38.4

Issue price:

88.00

1st dealing date:

21 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Manchester & London Investment Trust PLC
Investment Trust

Sponsor:

Rea Brothers Ltd

Auditor:

Cooper Lancaster Brewers

Solicitor:

Lawrence Graham

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

20.3

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

270.00

1st dealing date:

8 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Marchpole PLC
Designs, sources and distributes menswear and boyswear under licence from YSI

Sponsor:

Societe Generale Strauss Turnbull Securities

Auditor:

Price Waterhouse

Solicitor:

Ashurst Morris Crisp

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

149

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

62.7

Issue price:

124.50

1st dealing date:

12 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Market Link Publishing PLC
Publisher of niche magazines and directories

Sponsor:

Smith & Williamson

Auditor:

Grant Thornton

Solicitor:

Withers

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

7.42

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

41.8

Issue price:

50.00

1st dealing date:

8 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Marlborough Group PLC
Recruitment and placement of personnel

Sponsor:

NCB Stockbrokers Ltd

Auditor:

Chapman Flood & Co

Solicitor:

Ashurst Morris Crisp & A& L Goodbody

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

22.9

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

39.4

Issue price:

96.50p

1st dealing date:

29 Oct

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

14.6

Metalrussia Group Ltd
Supplier of steel products

Sponsor:

Williams de Broe

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Gouldens

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

70.5

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

70.50p

1st dealing date:

15 Oct

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Minorplanet Systems PLC
Tracking devices fitted to vehicles

Sponsor:

Charles Stanley & Co Ltd

Auditor:

Arthur Andersen

Solicitor:

Herbert Smith

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

17.7

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

17.8

Issue price:

45p

1st dealing date:

17 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Newsquest PLC
Regional Newspaper Group

Sponsor:

SBC Warburg Dillon Read

Auditor:

Deloitte & Touche

Solicitor:

Freshfields

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

540

Type:

Offer

% Equity issued:

40

Issue price:

250.00p

1st dealing date:

23 Oct

P/E Ratio:

16.9

Prospective Dividend Yield:

5.4

Northern Recruitment Group PLC
Recruitment consultancy operating in the North East & Yorkshire

Sponsor:

Beeson Gregory

Auditor:

Binder Hamlyn

Solicitor:

Dibb Lupton Alsop

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

Issue price:

1st dealing date:

12 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Optoplast
Supplier of optical and sunglass cases and jewellery boxes

Sponsor:

Williams de Broe PLC

Auditor:

Ernst & Young

Solicitor:

Gouldens

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

11.1

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

40.5

Issue price:

128.00

1st dealing date:

23 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Property Asset Holdings PLC
Property Company

Sponsor:

Charles Stanley & Co Ltd

Auditor:

Chantrey Vellacott

Solicitor:

Watson Farley & Williams

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

8.18

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

44.7

Issue price:

6.00

1st dealing date:

15 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Range Cooker Company PLC
Development, marketing, distribution and installation of range cookers

Sponsor:

Ellis & Partners Ltd

Auditor:

BDO Stoy Hayward

Solicitor:

Memery Crystal

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

6.25

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

28

Issue price:

5.00

1st dealing date:

1 Dec

P/E Ratio:

9.45

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Rapid Technology Group PLC
Development of high performance input/output software

Sponsor:

English Trust CO Ltd & Butler & Briscoe

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Lawrence Graham

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

21.3

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

20.8

Issue price:

95.00

1st dealing date:

5 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Saatchi & Saatchi PLC
Creative marketing group

Sponsor:

SBC Warburg Dilon Read

Auditor:

KPMG Audit PLC

Solicitor:

Slaughter & May

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

222

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

100.00

1st dealing date:

15 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

ScS Upholstery PLC
Retailer of fabric and leather upholstered furniture

Sponsor:

Singer & Fiedlander Ltd

Auditor:

Ernst & Young

Solicitor:

Addleshaw Booth & Co

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

33.4

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

45

Issue price:

105.00

1st dealing date:

8 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Savoy Asset Management PLC
Investment management services

Sponsor:

Teather & Greenwood

Auditor:

Saffery Champness

Solicitor:

Withers

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

4.67

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

30.5

Issue price:

95.00

1st dealing date:

20 Nov

P/E Ratio:

11.7

Prospective Dividend Yield:

5.34

Seascope Shipping Holdings PLC
Specialised broking services to shipowning, shipbuilding and oil industries

Sponsor:

Guinness Mahon & Co Ltd

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Osbourne Clarke

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

15.7

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

39.9

Issue price:

250.00

1st dealing date:

27 Nov

P/E Ratio:

9.78

Prospective Dividend Yield:

6.25

Second Scottish National Trust PLC
Investment Trust

Sponsor:

Natwest Securities Ltd & SBC Warburg

Auditor:

Ernst & Young

Solicitor:

Herbert Smith

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

80.7

Type:

O/sub & Pl

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

100.00

1st dealing date:

8 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Solitaire Group PLC
Residential property management and related services

Sponsor:

Williams de Broe

Auditor:

Baker Tilly

Solicitor:

Osborne Clarke

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

6.75

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

45.2

Issue price:

183.0p

1st dealing date:

15 Oct

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

5.1

Sytner Group (The)
Retailer of prestige vehicles

Sponsor:

Natwest Markets

Auditor:

Arthur Andersen

Solicitor:

Cameron Mckenna

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

50

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

45.9

Issue price:

230.00

1st dealing date:

11 Dec

P/E Ratio:

11

Prospective Dividend Yield:

3

Tetra PLC
Developer and supplier of ERP software

Sponsor:

HSBC Investment Bank

Auditor:

Coopers & Lybrand

Solicitor:

Allen & Overy

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

40.3

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

49

Issue price:

160.00

1st dealing date:

27 Nov

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Ultraframe PLC
Conservatory roofing systems supplier

Sponsor:

Barclays de Zoete Wedd

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Herbert Smith

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

136

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

35

Issue price:

147.00p

1st dealing date:

23 Oct

P/E Ratio:

15.8

Prospective Dividend Yield:

2.4

Weather Action Holdings PLC
Provider of long range weather forecasts

Sponsor:

John East & Partners Ltd

Auditor:

Kidsons Impey

Solicitor:

Lewis Silkin

Market:

AIM

Market Cap at Issue £m:

5.32

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

24.4

Issue price:

79.00p

1st dealing date:

28 Oct

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Workplace Technologies PLC
Network intergrator

Sponsor:

NatWest Markets

Auditor:

KPMG

Solicitor:

Cameron Mckenna

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

12.403

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

50.7

Issue price:

175.00p

1st dealing date:

14 Nov

P/E Ratio:

22.2

Prospective Dividend Yield:

0.9

Wyndham Motor Group PLC
Franchise operator for prestige cars, wholesale parts and motor body repair centres

Sponsor:

Credit Lyonnais Laing

Auditor:

KPMG Audit PLC

Solicitor:

Goodman Derrick

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

3.68

Type:

Intro

% Equity issued:

100

Issue price:

114.00

1st dealing date:

31 Dec

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Xaar PLC
Development and supply of specialist Xaar printheads and inks directly to customers

Sponsor:

Nomura International PLC

Auditor:

Arthur Andersen

Solicitor:

Allen & Overy

Market:

Full

Market Cap at Issue £m:

56.1

Type:

Pl

% Equity issued:

29

Issue price:

110.00p

1st dealing date:

17 Oct

P/E Ratio:

n/a

Prospective Dividend Yield:

n/a

Autologic Holdings PLC Finished vehicle logistics
Sponsor:	Cazenove & Co
Auditor:	Coopers & Lybrand
Solicitor:	Freshfields
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	66.2
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	48
Issue price:		1st dealing date:	11 Dec
P/E Ratio:	12.6	Prospective Dividend Yield:	3

BCH PLC Vehicle hire and leasing
Sponsor:	HSBC Investment Bank
Auditor:	KPMG
Solicitor:	Norton Rose
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	30.1
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	63.1
Issue price:	190.00	1st dealing date:	6 Nov
P/E Ratio:	12.5	Prospective Dividend Yield:	3.25

BCO Technologies PLC Electronics
Sponsor:	Bell Lawrie White & Co & Goodbody Stockbrokers
Auditor:	Coopers & Lybrand
Solicitor:	McGrigor Donald & Elliott Duffy Garrett
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	25
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	40
Issue price:	140.00	1st dealing date:	17 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Bond International Software PLC Design and development of software and hardware to the recruitment industry
Sponsor:	Grant Thornton
Auditor:	Kidsons Impey & Wellden Legg & Co
Solicitor:	Memery Crystal
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	8.85
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	22.5
Issue price:	65.00	1st dealing date:	30 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Boustead PLC Design and manufacture of cleaning systems & automobile air induction components, distribution of bearings and power transmission products
Sponsor:	Ellis & Partners Ltd
Auditor:	Coopers & Lybrand
Solicitor:	Memery Crystal
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	14
Type:	Intro	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	21.00	1st dealing date:	8 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Bovis Homes PLC Builder of houses and retirement homes
Sponsor:	Hambros Bank Ltd
Auditor:	KPMG Audit PLC
Solicitor:	Norton Rose
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	226
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	99.8
Issue price:	200.00	1st dealing date:	9 Dec
P/E Ratio:	8.9	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

CRC Group PLC Provision of repair management and repair services for electronic and computer components
Sponsor:	Neilson Cobbold
Auditor:	Grant Thornton
Solicitor:	Edge & Ellison
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	11.5
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	26.1
Issue price:	90.00	1st dealing date:	21 Nov
P/E Ratio:	12	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Capital Opportunities Trust PLC Investment trust
Sponsor:	SBC Warburg Dillon Read
Auditor:	Robson Rhodes
Solicitor:	Dickson Minto WS
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	10.1
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	100.00	1st dealing date:	20 Nov
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Comland Commercial PLC Developer and manager of industrial and commercial property
Sponsor:	Charterhouse Bank Ltd
Auditor:	Arthur Andersen
Solicitor:	Simmons & Simmons
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	2.71
Type:	Intro	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	68.00	1st dealing date:	9 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Cresco International PLC Investment company
Sponsor:	Bell Lawrie White & Co
Auditor:	Coopers & Lybrand
Solicitor:	McGrigor Donald
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	8.27
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	38.1
Issue price:	150.00p	1st dealing date:	7 Nov
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Energis PLC Network provider of advanced broadbend national communications services
Sponsor:	Dresdner Kleinwort Benson
Auditor:	Coopers & Lybrand
Solicitor:	Slaughter & May
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	203
Type:	O	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	270.00	1st dealing date:	16 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Foresight Technology VCT PLC Venture capital trust
Sponsor:	Martineau Johnson
Auditor:	KPMG Audit PLC
Solicitor:	Martineau Johnson
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	1.62
Type:	O/Sub	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	100p	1st dealing date:	24 Nov
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

General Industries PLC Provider of finance for growing businesses
Sponsor:	Pel Hunt & Co
Auditor:	Binder Hamlyn
Solicitor:	Morgan Bruce
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	1.4
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	69.8
Issue price:	35.00	1st dealing date:	12 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Gooch & Housego PLC Manfacturer of high quality precision optical components and bespoke glass engineered structures
Sponsor:	Price Waterhouse Corporate Finance
Auditor:	Price Waterhouse
Solicitor:	Osborne Clarke
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	17.8
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	33.3
Issue price:	105.00	1st dealing date:	12 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Gyrus Group PLC Surgical equipment
Sponsor:	Panmure Gordon & Co
Auditor:	KPMG
Solicitor:	Gouldens
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	44.9
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	31.2
Issue price:	145.00	1st dealing date:	13 Nov
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Holmes Place PLC Owner and operator of health clubs in the London area
Sponsor:	NatWest Markets
Auditor:	Deloitte & Touche
Solicitor:	S J Berwin & Co
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	86.5
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	36.9
Issue price:	128.00	1st dealing date:	4 Nov
P/E Ratio:	17.1	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Jersey Phoenix Trust PLC Investment trust
Sponsor:	Hoare Govett Corporate Finance
Auditor:	Alex Picot & Co
Solicitor:	Stephenson Harwood
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:
Issue price:	100.00	1st dealing date:	16 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Longmead Group PLC Manufacturer and designer of ceramic products
Sponsor:	Smith & Williamson
Auditor:	Deloitte & Touche
Solicitor:	Memery Crystal
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	4.86
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	30.8
Issue price:	135.00	1st dealing date:	31 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Maelor PLC Healthcare products
Sponsor:	English Trust
Auditor:	KPMG
Solicitor:	Eversheds
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	13
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	38.4
Issue price:	88.00	1st dealing date:	21 Nov
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Manchester & London Investment Trust PLC Investment Trust
Sponsor:	Rea Brothers Ltd
Auditor:	Cooper Lancaster Brewers
Solicitor:	Lawrence Graham
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	20.3
Type:	Intro	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	270.00	1st dealing date:	8 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Marchpole PLC Designs, sources and distributes menswear and boyswear under licence from YSI
Sponsor:	Societe Generale Strauss Turnbull Securities
Auditor:	Price Waterhouse
Solicitor:	Ashurst Morris Crisp
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	149
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	62.7
Issue price:	124.50	1st dealing date:	12 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Marlborough Group PLC Recruitment and placement of personnel
Sponsor:	NCB Stockbrokers Ltd
Auditor:	Chapman Flood & Co
Solicitor:	Ashurst Morris Crisp & A& L Goodbody
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	22.9
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	39.4
Issue price:	96.50p	1st dealing date:	29 Oct
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	14.6

Metalrussia Group Ltd Supplier of steel products
Sponsor:	Williams de Broe
Auditor:	Coopers & Lybrand
Solicitor:	Gouldens
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	70.5
Type:	Intro	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	70.50p	1st dealing date:	15 Oct
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Minorplanet Systems PLC Tracking devices fitted to vehicles
Sponsor:	Charles Stanley & Co Ltd
Auditor:	Arthur Andersen
Solicitor:	Herbert Smith
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	17.7
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	17.8
Issue price:	45p	1st dealing date:	17 Nov
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Northern Recruitment Group PLC Recruitment consultancy operating in the North East & Yorkshire
Sponsor:	Beeson Gregory
Auditor:	Binder Hamlyn
Solicitor:	Dibb Lupton Alsop
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:
Issue price:		1st dealing date:	12 Nov
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Optoplast Supplier of optical and sunglass cases and jewellery boxes
Sponsor:	Williams de Broe PLC
Auditor:	Ernst & Young
Solicitor:	Gouldens
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	11.1
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	40.5
Issue price:	128.00	1st dealing date:	23 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Rapid Technology Group PLC Development of high performance input/output software
Sponsor:	English Trust CO Ltd & Butler & Briscoe
Auditor:	Coopers & Lybrand
Solicitor:	Lawrence Graham
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	21.3
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	20.8
Issue price:	95.00	1st dealing date:	5 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Saatchi & Saatchi PLC Creative marketing group
Sponsor:	SBC Warburg Dilon Read
Auditor:	KPMG Audit PLC
Solicitor:	Slaughter & May
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	222
Type:	Intro	% Equity issued:	100
Issue price:	100.00	1st dealing date:	15 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

ScS Upholstery PLC Retailer of fabric and leather upholstered furniture
Sponsor:	Singer & Fiedlander Ltd
Auditor:	Ernst & Young
Solicitor:	Addleshaw Booth & Co
Market:	Full	Market Cap at Issue £m:	33.4
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	45
Issue price:	105.00	1st dealing date:	8 Dec
P/E Ratio:	n/a	Prospective Dividend Yield:	n/a

Savoy Asset Management PLC Investment management services
Sponsor:	Teather & Greenwood
Auditor:	Saffery Champness
Solicitor:	Withers
Market:	AIM	Market Cap at Issue £m:	4.67
Type:	Pl	% Equity issued:	30.5
Issue price:	95.00	1st dealing date:	20 Nov
P/E Ratio:	11.7	Prospective Dividend Yield:	5.34