Top Spring raises $200 million, Hilong postpones IPO

Top Spring, a Chinese property developer, prices its shares at the bottom of an indicated range, while Hilong postpones its planned $190 million IPO, blaming market conditions.

Top Spring International Holdings, a Chinese property developer, raised HK$1.56 billion $200 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering after pricing its shares at the bottom of the indicated range.

Meanwhile, Hilong Holding, a leading provider of oilfield equipment and services in China, postponed its planned HK$1.48 billion $190 million Hong Kong IPO, blaming the weak market conditions.

Top Spring’s deal has done well considering the odds stacked against it during the one-week bookbuilding. The roadshow started last Thursday, one day before Japan’s earthquake occurred, which led investors to be cautious with the size of their orders. Also, China’s tightening policies on the...

¬ Haymarket Media Limited. All rights reserved.

FinanceAsia has updated its subscription model.

Registered readers now have the opportunity to read 5 articles from our award-winning website for free.

To obtain unlimited access to our award-winning exclusive news and analysis, we offer subscription packages, including single user, team subscription (2-5 users), or office-wide licences.

To help you and your colleagues access our proprietary content, please contact us at [email protected], or +(852) 2122 5222

Article limit is reached.

Hello! You have used up all of your free articles on FinanceAsia.

To obtain unlimited access to our award-winning exclusive news and analysis, we offer subscription packages, including single user, team subscription (2-5 users), or office-wide licences. To help you and your colleagues access our proprietary content, please contact us at [email protected], or +(852) 2122 5222