The BME Growth is a sub-market of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), the Spanish company that deals with the organizational aspects of the Spanish

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s and financial markets, which includes the stock exchanges in

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Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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and

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. MAB, created in 2008, is akin to London's AIM, Frankfurt's Neuer Markt or Paris' Nouveau marché, and allows smaller companies to float

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with a more flexible

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than is applicable to the main market. To join the MAB, companies must have fully paid-up capital, audited accounts and list through an initial public offering with a minimum free float of

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2m. The first listing on MAB, Zinkia, took place in July 2009 and managed to raise €7m.El MAB da la bienvenida a Zinkia con un informe de incorporación favorable eleconomista.es
El Economista, July 6, 2009 (in Spanish)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercado Alternativo Bursatil Financial services companies of Spain

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