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Key definition

Intention to float definition

What does Intention to float mean? An intention to float (ITF) is the issuer’s first public statement that it plans an initial public offering (ipo) and admission of its shares to trading (typically on the London Stock Exchange Main Market, AIM or Euronext Dublin). It alerts the market to the proposed IPO, summarising the business, strategy and investment highlights, key features of the equity offering and the expected timetable, and often marks the start of investor and analyst education ahead of the prospectus. The term is not defined in legislation or case law and is not a legal requirement; it is a well-established...

UK Main Market and AIM IPO ‘Intention to Float’ Announcements: Content, Timing, Investor Education, and Key Financial Promotion, Prospectus/Advertisement, Stabilisation and US Securities Considerations

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Practice notes

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Major changes to the UK prospectus framework took effect on 19 January 2026. The updated provisions for public securities offers and UK admissions to trading are primarily contained in the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024, SI 2024/105 (the POATRs), together with the FCA sourcebook, The Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market (PRM). The UK Prospectus Regulation and the FCA Prospectus Regulation Rules are now repealed. The package aims to streamline fundraising and materially curtail the circumstances in which an Issuer must produce an FCA-approved prospectus for a further share issue. For comprehensive details see Practice Note: UK prospectus regime reform. This Practice Note summarises the regime that applied before 19 January 2026.

What is an Intention to float announcement?

An intention to float announcement (ITF) is typically the issuer’s first public statement about an anticipated initial public offering (IPO). Although not mandated by law, issuing an ITF has become well-established market custom in the UK. Through the ITF, the issuer alerts the market to the planned IPO and shares information about...

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