0 a sale of a company's shares to the public for the first time -- şirket hisselerinin ilk defa halka arzı/satışı
1 the act of floating on or in liquid -- yüzme, su üstünde kalma; batmamak
Advertising to publicise the offer for sale of the 12 regional electricity companies will be undertaken to inform the public of the forthcoming flotations.
They should have encouraged savings, especially in the light of the huge windfalls that consumers were receiving from building societies and insurance companies following flotations.
Unfortunately, second-named account holders cannot risk taking the obvious step of changing the order of names on their account in anticipation of future flotations.
Each one cost a good deal of money in advertising and underwriting, and these three flotations happened to come together at a bad time.
The flotations so far, for whatever reason, have been far too greatly over-subscribed.
The latter part of 2000 was a period when stock markets were weak and there were very few flotations.
Arrangements for employees of the electricity supply industry will be announced at a suitable date closer to the flotations of the electricity companies.
The flotations of state-owned companies have been conducted with great and acknowledged success throughout the world.
