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Banking software group’s IPO delay

By Maija Palmer, Technology Correspondent

Published: September 28 2007 03:00 | Last updated: September 28 2007 03:00

SmartStream has extended the bookbuilding on its planned London Stock Exchange listing by a few days as institutions put pressure on the company to reduce the price of the offer further.

The banking software company has already been forced to cut the price of the offering from an expected £300m to about £200m amid market turmoil. It was due to begin conditional trading on Friday, but will delay it until next week.

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