Complex sentence: Butlin took the decision to form the company as a means to raise finance for his new camps, on 8 February 1937 the company published its prospectus ahead of a public sale of shares.
Split into simpler sentences: Butlin took the decision to form the company as a means to raise finance for his new camps. On 8 February 1937 the company published its prospectus ahead of a public sale of shares.