London Stock Exchange (the “LSE”) AIM has been a resounding success. There are now over 1,689 companies on AIM - more than on the UK’s official list. The LSE promotes AIM as “the most successful growth market in the world” marketing itself to international companies. Much of AIM’s success is due to the implementation SEC regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, which has caused many US and other international companies to choose AIM rather than a US exchange. Where our SEC is sometimes overprotective, looking out for the best interests of investors and shareholders alike, the AIM regulators have more of a “don’t worry about the mule going blind just load the wagon” kind of attitude.

I have assembled a seven parts series on the LSE AIM so as to give our readers additional options for taking their emerging growth companies public.

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