Overview of exchange
Overview of exchange

[Last updated: 1 January 2024, unless otherwise noted]

Euronext Dublin has four markets:

  • Euronext Dublin (previously the Main Securities Market (MSM)), an EU "regulated market" for more mature companies.
  • The Euronext Growth market, an exchange regulated market for growing companies.
  • The Global Exchange Market (GEM), an exchange regulated market and multilateral trading facility.
  • The Atlantic Securities Market (ASM), a European market that offers a euro quotation on Euronext Dublin or companies listing or trading on US markets.

This summary relates only to Euronext Dublin (previously the MSM), which is Euronext Dublin's flagship market for larger, more established companies. Euronext Dublin was established in 1793 and is home to Ireland's largest and best known companies. The regulatory framework associated with listing on Euronext Dublin is balanced and comprises globally respected standards of regulation and corporate governance. As a result, a listing on Euronext Dublin demonstrates a commitment to high standards and provides companies with the means to access capital from the widest set of investors.

Advantages for a company listing on Euronext Dublin include:

  • A respected and balanced regulatory environment that meets EU standards of compliance and disclosure as well as the corporate governance requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code, which leads to greater levels of shareholder confidence.
  • A euro quotation, which is attractive to Eurozone investors.
  • Access to dual listing, enabling a flexible investor strategy.
  • Access to a large pool of capital.
  • The existence of a large and experienced community of advisers to help companies join Euronext Dublin and support them after listing.
  • The associated visibility and profile raising with customers, suppliers, investors and other stakeholders.

This summary relates to listings of equity shares only. Euronext Dublin has two types of listing: primary and secondary. A primary listing requires the listed company to comply with the Euronext Dublin Listing Rules (Listing Rules) (including their corporate governance requirements) in full. An Irish company with a primary listing elsewhere or an overseas company, may instead seek a secondary listing, which only requires the company to comply with certain minimum standards. This summary will focus on the requirements for a primary listing and contain only limited information in relation to secondary listings. As such, references to listing on Euronext Dublin in this summary should be construed as references to a primary listing unless otherwise specified. Euronext Dublin does not make any specific distinction between a premium and standard listing, though the implications of opting for a primary or secondary listing are similar to the premium/standard listing distinction in practice. 

Euronext Dublin is Euronext Dublin's principal market for listed companies from Ireland and abroad. Companies from all industry sectors and in a variety of sizes have listed on it.

As of 1 January 2024, there were 20 companies listed on Euronext Dublin.

Euronext Dublin is the relevant regulatory authority for a listing on Euronext Dublin, with the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) acting as the competent authority for the approval of prospectuses.