"""Leticia Adam, spokesperson for Deutsche Börse, told SmartCompany most of the Australian companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange are on the exchange’s Second Quotation board so while the companies’ shares are traded in Frankfurt they did not do an initial public offering in Frankfurt.
The companies do not need to have an office in Frankfurt in order to list on the exchange.
“As soon as a company is publicly listed, the shares can be admitted to trading at any other stock exchange,” says Adam.
“This does not mean that a company has to agree or even has knowledge about this admission to trading.”
The popularity of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with Australian companies could be short-lived with the exchange announcing that its listing rules will be tightened to combat “massive and frequent suspected cases” of market manipulation.""""""
""“The new world is that once you issue your shares the company is not really involved and they can be sold wherever you like.”
“I can sell my BHP shares in London if I want to and BHP can do nothing about it.”""