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Gold/Mining/Energy : Cybersurf (CY.A) - Bridge between 20th & 21st Centuries
CY 23.820.0%Apr 16 5:00 PM EST

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To: CocoBob who wrote (2147)7/24/1999 8:14:00 AM
From: LABMAN  Read Replies (2) of 3243
 
from the LONDON TIMES RE: FREESERVE


July 24 1999
BUSINESS NEWS



Freeserve shares predicted to rocket
on debut

BY SAEED SHAH
FREESERVE, the Internet service being floated by
Dixons, looks set for a sparkling debut on Monday after
prices quoted on the grey market shot up yesterday.

City Index, the spread betting firm, was last night quoting
Freeserve to finish its first day of trading at 209p to 215p,
up from a spread of 189p to 197p on Thursday.

That would appear to predict the shares rocketing to a
premium of more than 50 per cent to the indicative price
signalled by Freeserve's advisers of 130p to 150p.

The price on the grey market has been driven up by
reports that the offer has been ten times oversubscribed
by institutional investors.

The £1.3 billion-plus initial public offering of 18.25 per
cent of Freeserve's shares, closed to institutions at 5pm
yesterday, having closed to retail investors the previous
day. The grey market activity is likely to mean that the
offering will be priced near the top of its flotation range.

Miles Saltiel, analyst at WestLB Panmure, said: "The grey
market is telling us that the launch is going to be a success.
I expect the stock to go to around 215p on Monday. It's
the first major Internet offering in Britain and it's a retail
brand that everybody knows. It's caught the market's
imagination."

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