By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro | Updated on Jun 12, 2026 at 05:09 PM
Retail investors in the UK bought about $364 million worth of SpaceX shares, a small slice of the world’s largest-ever initial public offering .
The UK offering attracted nearly $1 billion worth of orders, with just under 40% of that receiving allocations, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private information.
About 2.7 million shares were allocated to individual investors in the UK retail offering, representing about 0.49% of the conglomerate’s $75 billion IPO, according to a regulatory filing Friday. About 61% of the investors that took part in the British offer received their full requested allocations, with orders above $2,700 being scaled back, the filing showed.
The local offer was managed by Winterflood Securities Ltd. and carried out through a number of brokerage platforms including Hargreaves Lansdown Ltd., AJ Bell Plc and Revolut Ltd. Revolut said all of its users that placed orders were allocated shares, in a statement, adding that they plan to provide similar opportunities in the future.
The UK offering used its public offer platforms regime, a new fundraising system originally meant for smaller companies, to run the deal without the need for a local prospectus, one of the people said.
A representative for SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Financial Times first reported the size of the UK retail orders.