LOOK!... UP IN THE SKY!... IT'S A BIRD!... IT'S A PLANE!... IT'S A PUBLIC EQUITY DEAL? THE EQUITY FOLLOW-ON DEALS OF THE YEAR

摘要

Talk about mission impossible.It had been over ayear since the last public equitydeal was done, which explainswhy there was no deal of theyear in this category last year.When it came to shipping,equity investors were at bestdisinterested, and the marketstagnant. To the extent therewere public equity offerings inshipping concluded during theyear, they mainly comprisedATMs and direct listings. Still,last year there were twosuccessful offerings, albeitsmall, by containership leasingcompanies, which found themselvesin similar circumstance.Given their similarities andchallenges, we named themboth winners in this category.