Which is (are) the most appropriate financial product(s) for the following companies:

◦ a company that wants to raise fresh equity capital immediately but does not want to risk losing control;

◦ a company that wants to raise fresh equity capital immediately in which the state is the majority shareholder;

◦ a company with a very volatile share price that wants to gradually broaden its shareholder base;

◦ a company emerging from a period of difficulties whose future is still perceived by investors to be risky.