Finance
Shawbrook plans London IPO
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 6, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Global Banking and Finance Review
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 6, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Shawbrook, a British bank, plans a major IPO in London to boost its profile and fund growth, potentially valuing the company at £2 billion.
(Reuters) -British bank Shawbrook is planning an initial public offering in London, it said on Monday, in what could be one of the city's biggest listings in years.
In a statement, the alternative lender said the planned IPO would help boost its profile in Britain and fund its growth plans, as well as allowing its sole shareholder, Marlin Bidco, to sell down some of its stake. Marlin Bidco is a vehicle controlled by private equity firms BC Partners and Pollen Street.
An IPO could value Shawbrook at as much as 2 billion pounds ($2.69 billion), a source told Reuters last week.
The listing will mark a return to the public markets for the company after it was taken over by BC Partners and Pollen Street in 2017. Marcelino Castrillo, chief executive officer, said the listing was a milestone for the firm.
"We have achieved real scale, and our current markets are large and growing, supported by attractive tailwinds," he said. "We also see a significant opportunity to bring Shawbrook's offering to new types of customers."
Shawbrook said it intends to sell shares to retail and institutional investors and will have a free float of at least 10%. It also expects to be eligible for inclusion in London's FTSE indices.
($1 = 0.7437 pounds)
(Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala, Kirsten Donovan)
An IPO, or Initial Public Offering, is the process through which a private company offers shares to the public for the first time, allowing it to raise capital from public investors.
Equity refers to the ownership interest in a company, represented by shares of stock. It signifies the value of an owner's stake in the business after all liabilities have been deducted.
A shareholder is an individual or institution that owns shares in a company. Shareholders have the potential to benefit from dividends and capital appreciation of their shares.
The FTSE index, or Financial Times Stock Exchange index, is a stock market index that measures the performance of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
A private equity firm is an investment company that invests in private companies or buys out public companies to delist them from stock exchanges, often aiming to improve their value before selling them.
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