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. Amongst the key benefits ASX can offer its listed companies is access to international institutional investors via its series of road shows, operated in conjunction with the major investment banks and their clients in the US, UK and Asia.

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


Download IPO: the road to growth and opportunity (PDF 845KB) for more information on listing.

 Initial Public Offering brochure - Mandarin version (PDF 2.2MB)

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

International listings on ASX

ASX's unique position as a developed market in the Asia-Pacific region and time-zone offers international companies exposure to the growing pool of investment capital in the world's fastest growing region, as well as providing the opportunity for global trading and price discovery on a round-the-clock basis.

Download International Listings on ASX (PDF 708KB) for more information.

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 2009.

Listing FAQs

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

Listings in 2010

Number of organisations that have listed in 2010:

10
(as at 8 Feb 2010)

On the list

Myer Holdings Limited
Monday, 2 November 2009

Bernie Brookes (CEO and MD), Jennifer Hawkins, Howard McDonald (Chairman)

Bernie Brookes (CEO and MD), Jennifer Hawkins and Howard McDonald (Chairman) displaying the listing certificate
 

Myer Holdings Ltd listing ceremony

 Bernie Brookes (CEO and MD), Howard McDonald (Chairman) and Jennifer Hawkins at the listing ceremony

ASX IPO Workshop

ASX and Wholesale Investor are holding a workshop which introduces companies to the fundamentals of IPO planning from a financial, legal, fundraising and broking perspective. The workshop, to be held at the ASX offices in Sydney on February 16 is designed for small cap companies who seek to list on ASX in 2010 and beyond. Register now to secure your place.

ASX IPO Workshop
Tues 16 Feb 2010
8.30am - 11.30am
Level 8, 20 Bridge Street, Sydney

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.

Useful links