IPO Executive Insights 200724 July 2007

Welcome to the first edition of IPO Executive Insights, prepared by Nixon Peabody LLP in association with mergermarket. While many media outlets publish historical data relating to IPOs, we believe the best way to gain insight into the current state of the IPO market is by talking to the senior executives themselves firsthand to understand the most important issues. In this survey, we have gone directly to the CEOs and CFOs that have led their companies through an IPO within the past three years. The study reflects their insights on a range of issues, including how they selected their advisors, their opinions on the process of going public, their views on the pluses and minuses of being publicly held as opposed to private ownership, and their outlook for future IPO market activity...

Table of Contents

1. Methodology

2. Foreword

3. Respondent Information

4. Survey results

IPO Process

Post IPO

IPO Market Outlook

5. "US Companies Listing on AIM: Rewarding or Risky?"

6. Notes & Contacts

We hope you find this report useful and we would particularly welcome any feedback or questions you might have.

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