Home More Details Agenda Speakers and Presentations Registered Participants Steering Committee Press Center	Українська версія   International Forum “IPO Prospects for Ukrainian Companies” October 5-6, 2005 President-hotel "Kyivskyi", Hospitalna Str. 12, Kyiv, Ukraine “IPO Prospects for Ukrainian Companies” Forum, a unique cross-industry event designed to analyze the prospects of Ukrainian companies to seek access to finance including the process of IPO in national and international investment arenas, took place in Kyiv. The Forum was the first large-scale event fully devoted to IPO prospects for Ukrainian companies. It has enabled companies to assess the opportunities of entering the market, the problems which may be encountered by entering the stock market, and the means by which to address these problems. The focus was made on the strategy of companies’ preparation for IPOs. Preparation for the IPO and minimization of risks The role and responsibilities of directors in successful IPO Perspectives of the Ukrainian companies at the world’s stock exchanges: New York, Warsaw Specific investor requirements for the companies from the Eastern and Central Europe The role and responsibility of company directors when entering IPO market was one of the issues. The role of directors in defining a strategy for entering IPO market by the company is known to be decisive, just as the personal liability of company officers for the information disclosed at entering organized market is known to be immense. Doing preparations for an IPO, companies make the greatest investments into the qualification and reputation of their directors. Directors, as indicators of the quality and readiness of a company to start an IPO, and D&O liability insurance in the process of IPO – these were some of the issues that were discussed at the Forum. Directors of New York and Warsaw Stock Exchanges analyzed specific features of entering international trading floors by Ukrainian companies in their presentations and spoke about particularities of investors’ requirements to the issuers from the Central and Eastern Europe and typical mistakes that companies make during IPOs of shares. Hands-on experience of the companies that have performed IPOs is a best source of information for those planning an IPO. Representatives of Ukrproduct – a pioneer of IPO in Ukraine - and companies Wimm-Bill-Dann (Russia), Matav Group (Hungary) and Turkcell (Turkey) shared their successful experience of entering international trading floors. The Forum was designed as a very practical event for the directors of Ukrainian companies planning to do an IPO. Thus, issues which were covered at the Forum included: specifics of Ukrainian investment laws relevant to IPO, legal obstacles to performing an IPO in Ukraine, and development of a competitive IPO market in Ukraine, in other words, those directly related with present-day activities of Ukrainian companies.   Participated Companies: American Chamber of Commerce Aon Group Limited Baker & McKenzie BDO Balance-Audit DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary UK LLP Clifford Chance (Russia) Dovira Capital Dragon Capital European Business Association Foyil Group ING Bank Liniya Prava (Russia) Magyar Telekom (Hungary) Morgan Stanley New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (USA) PricewaterhouseCoopers Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A. Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners Sokrat Investment Financial Group Spektor, Sachs & Company Turkcell (Turkey) Ukrproduct Group Ltd Universal Investment Group Warsaw Stock Exchange (Poland) Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC (Russia)	Gold Level Sponsor: Silver Level Sponsors: Partners:   Main Inforamtion Partner: Main Media Partner: Main Legal Media Partner: Legal Media Partners: Main Analytical Partner: