Listing on ASX

At ASX, we can provide your company or trust with invaluable access to retail and institutional investors and exposure throughout the world. By listing with ASX, you will enter a new phase in your organisation's development where you will become part of a select group of organisations on the global capital stage. Listing on ASX has helped thousands of companies achieve their growth ambitions and successfully make the transition to public ownership.

Why do organisations list

What is Listing?

It is the process of taking a privately-owned organisation and making the transition to a publicly-owned entity whose shares can be traded on a stock exchange.


The world's stock exchanges have been listing companies, trusts and other products for hundreds of years, so the benefits of listing are well known to the market.

You need to examine a wide range of factors in order to gauge is your organisation ready to list.


Download IPO: the road to growth and opportunity (PDF 873KB) for more information on listing.

How do organisations list

The timetable for listing depends on the complexity and scale of the transaction, how quickly the listing can be prepared and how quickly funds are received from investors. The amount of time taken to list can range from three months to two years, with six months being typical.

The road to an initial public offering (IPO) usually involves the following steps:

Step 1: Appoint advisers

Step 2: Talk to ASX

Step 3: Prepare and lodge prospectus

Step 4: Apply to list

Commence trading

Listing fee calculator

The ASX equity listing fee calculator is designed to provide you with a guide to ASX's Equity Listing Fees that apply as of 1 July 2008.

Listing FAQs

Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about listing.

Listings in 2008

Number of organisations that have listed so far in 2008:

78
(as at 2 Sept 2008)

On the list

Boart Longyear Limited
Thursday, 5 April 2007

Boart Longyear Ltd

CEO of ASX Ltd presents Listing certificate to CEO of Boart Longyear Ltd
 

Boart Longyear Limited listing ceremony

Chairman & CEO of Boart Longyear Ltd with CEO of ASX Ltd

Contact us

If you would like more information about listing on ASX or a free copy of our Guide to Listing Brochure titled 'IPO: the road to growth and opportunity', please email.

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