What is Follow on Public Offer (FPO)?

About Follow on Public Offer (FPO):

• What is it? FPO is a process wherein a company already listed on a stock exchange issues new shares to existing investors or shareholders.
• It is also known as a secondary offering. 
• Purpose:  

• FPO allows a company to raise additional funds through the issuance of new shares. 
• Companies use FPOs to diversify their equity base and raise capital for business. 
• This capital can be used for multiple purposes, such as to meet the company's expenses, business expansion, debt reduction, etc.

• Types of FPO:

• Dilutive FPO:

• It is when a company issues additional shares and offers them to the public.
• It increases the number of outstanding shares of the company.
• As the number of shares increase, the earnings per share (EPS) decrease.
• Funds raised from such an FPO are allocated for expansion activities or to pay debts.

• Non-dilutive FPO: 

• It is when shares that are already in existence are issued to the public.
• It is when existing shareholders, like directors or founders, sell their shares and offer them to the public.
• Non-dilutive FPOs are used to change the shareholding ownership.

• At-the-market offering:

• It is a type of FPO in which a company offers secondary public shares on any given day to raise capital, mostly depending on the prevailing market price.
• An at-the-market (ATM) offering gives the issuing company the ability to raise capital as needed.

 

What is Initial Public Offer (IPO)?

• When a private company first sells shares of stock to the public, this process is known as an initial public offering (IPO). 
• An IPO means that a company's ownership is transitioning from private ownership to public ownership.

 

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Q1) What is Rights issue?

A rights issue is an invitation to existing shareholders to purchase additional new shares in the company. In a rights offering, each shareholder receives the right to purchase a pro-rata allocation of additional shares at a specific price and within a specific period 

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