The IPO year of Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc is 2015
Initial public offering is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually are sold to institutional investors that in turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time.
Through IPO a privately held company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital, possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors, and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the capital to its public investors. After the IPO, when shares trade freely in the open market, money passes between public investors.
Although IPO offers many advantages, there are also significant disadvantages, chief among these are the costs associated with the process and the requirement to disclose certain information that could prove helpful to competitors.
The IPO process is colloquially known as going public. Details of the proposed offering are disclosed to potential purchasers in the form of a lengthy document known as a prospectus. Most companies undertake an IPO with the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter. Underwriters provide several services, including help with correctly assessing the value of shares.
adaptimmune llc is a multinational, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel immunotherapies using its proprietary t-cell receptor platform that has the potential to transform the treatment of cancer. established in 2008, the company has grown from being privately held to one of the most successful biopharmaceutical initial public offerings (ipo) in 2015. with u.s. operations based in philadelphia, pa, adaptimmune is a company founded on strong science that has led to a robust pipeline of immuno-oncology product candidates, a growing research & development platform and ongoing plans for expansion. for more information about adaptimmune, please visit www.adaptimmune.com. if interested in joining our fast growing team, click on the careers tab of this page.