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Appendices<br />

Appendix I: NYSE original listing standards, U.S. operating companies, REITs, and funds<br />

U.S. domestic companies must qualify for listing under the domestic listing standards. Foreign private issuers may list under either the domestic<br />

listing standards or the listing standards for non-U.S. companies set forth in Appendix II.<br />

Domestic listing requirements call for minimum distribution of the company’s shares within the United States, as well as minimum financial criteria.<br />

This chart is to be used for an initial evaluation only. For a more complete discussion of the minimum numerical standards applicable to U.S.<br />

companies, see Section 102.00 of the Listed Company Manual, which can be accessed at http://nysemanual.nyse.com/LCM/Sections/.<br />

Distribution and size criteria<br />

Must meet all three of the following:<br />

Round-lot holders (a) 400<br />

Publicly held shares (b) 1,100,000<br />

Market value of publicly held shares: (b)<br />

IPOs, spinoffs, carveouts, affiliates<br />

All other listings<br />

$40 million<br />

$100 million<br />

Stock price criteria<br />

All issuers must have a $4 stock price at the time of listing<br />

Alternative #3—Affiliated company<br />

For new entities with a parent or affiliated<br />

company listed on the NYSE<br />

Global market capitalization (c)<br />

Operating history<br />

$500 million<br />

12 months<br />

Parent or affiliate is a listed company in good standing<br />

Company’s parent or affiliated company retains control<br />

of the entity or is under common control with the entity<br />

Alternative #4—Assets and equity<br />

Global market capitalization (c)<br />

$150 million<br />

Financial criteria<br />

Must meet one of the following standards:<br />

Alternative #1—Earnings (d)<br />

Aggregate pre-tax income for the last<br />

three years (d)<br />

$10 million<br />

Total assets<br />

Stockholders’ equity<br />

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) (e)<br />

Stockholders’ equity<br />

$75 million<br />

$50 million<br />

$60 million<br />

Minimum in each of the two most<br />

recent years<br />

Positive amounts in all years<br />

Or<br />

Aggregate pre-tax income for the last<br />

three years (d)<br />

Minimum in the most recent year<br />

Minimum in the next most recent year<br />

$2 million<br />

$12 million<br />

$5 million<br />

$2 million<br />

Alternative #2a—Valuation/revenue with cash flow (d)<br />

Global market capitalization (c)<br />

Revenues (most recent 12-month period)<br />

Adjusted cash flow:<br />

Aggregate for the last three years<br />

All three years must be positive<br />

Alternative #2b—Pure valuation/revenue<br />

Global market capitalization (c)<br />

Revenues (most recent fiscal year)<br />

$500 million<br />

$100 million<br />

$25 million<br />

$750 million<br />

$75 million<br />

Closed-end funds and business<br />

development companies (BDCs)<br />

Market value of publicly held shares (b)<br />

$60 million (also<br />

require a total<br />

market cap of $75<br />

million for BDCs)<br />

(Continued opposite)<br />

(a) The number of beneficial holders of stock held in “street name” will be<br />

considered in addition to the holders of record.<br />

(b) Shares held by directors, officers or their immediate families and other<br />

concentrated holding of 10% or more are excluded in calculating the number of<br />

publicly held shares and market value of publicly held shares.<br />

(c) Global market capitalization for existing public companies is the average of<br />

the most recent three months of trading history in the case of the pure valuation/<br />

revenue test. For all other standards, the measurement is at a “point in time” for<br />

an existing public company though trends are considered. For IPOs, spinoffs and<br />

carveouts, it is represented by the valuation of the company as represented by,<br />

in the case of a spinoff, the distribution ratio as priced, or, in the case of an IPO/<br />

carveout, the as-priced offering in relation to the total company’s capitalization.<br />

(d) The NYSE may consider two full fiscal years and the current nine months in<br />

certain limited circumstances. For emerging growth companies presenting two<br />

fiscal years and qualifying under Alternative #1, pre-tax income must total at least<br />

$10 million in the aggregate for the last two fiscal years together with a minimum<br />

of $2 million in both years. For emerging growth companies presenting two fiscal<br />

years and qualifying under Alternative #2a, aggregate cash flow must total $25<br />

million for the last two fiscal years, with positive amounts in both years.<br />

(e) REITs with more than 3 years of operating history must qualify under one of<br />

Alternatives 1-4.<br />

110 NYSE IPO Guide

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