Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions (As at 30 June 2017)

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30 Jun 2017

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions
(As at 30 June 2017)

					Main Board	GEM	Total
New Applications Accepted
	a.		June 2017
			(i)	Application(s) made by companies pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Main Board Listing Rules/Chapter 11 of the GEM Listing Rules	21	12	33
			(ii)	Application(s) made by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules	1	N/A	1
			(iii)	Application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	2	N/A	2
			(iv)	Deemed new applicant(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 8.21C or Main Board Listing Rule 14.84, and very substantial acquisition(s) treated as reverse takeover(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 14.06(6)/GEM Listing Rule 19.06(6)	1 ________	0 ________	1 ________
Total					25	12	37
	b.		2017 Year-to-date
			(i)	Application(s) made by companies pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Main Board Listing Rules/Chapter 11 of the GEM Listing Rules	59	58	117
			(ii)	Application(s) made by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules	19	N/A	19
			(iii)	Application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	12	N/A	12
			(iv)	Deemed new applicant(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 8.21C or Main Board Listing Rule 14.84, and very substantial acquisition(s) treated as reverse takeover(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 14.06(6)/GEM Listing Rule 19.06(6)	6 _________	0 _________	6 _________
Total					96	58	154
Approvals in principle granted⁽¹⁾
	a.	June 2017			15	16	31
	b.	2017 Year-to-date			61	43	104
Active applications⁽¹⁾ (as at 30 June 2017)
1.	Under processing
	a.	New applications accepted since 1 January 2017			64	49	113
	b.	Others			11 _________	14 _________	25 _________
		Sub-total			75	63	138
2.	Approval in principle granted
	a.	Approvals granted since 1 January 2017			16	19	35
	b.	Others			0 _________	1 _________	1 _________
Total					91	83	174

Inactive applications⁽²⁾ (since 1 January 2017)
1.	Lapsed
	a.	Approval in principle granted but not listed prior to application lapsed		7	7	14
	b.	Others		32	36	68
2.	Rejected			1	2	3
3.	Withdrawn			1	4	5
4.	Returned⁽³⁾			1 _________	0 _________	1 _________
	Total			42	49	91

5.	Renewals⁽⁴⁾			37	41	78
6.	Returned cases resubmitted⁽⁵⁾			0 _________	3 _________	3 _________
	Total			37	44	81
No. of new listings(since 1 January 2017)
		(i)	Companies listed pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Main Board Listing Rules/ Chapter 11 of the GEM Listing Rules	33	35	68
		(ii)	Investment vehicle(s) listed pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules	18	N/A	18
		(iii)	Transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	4	N/A	4
		(iv)	Deemed new listing(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 8.21C or Main Board Listing Rule 14.84, and very substantial acquisition(s) treated as reverse takeover(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 14.06(6)/GEM Listing Rule 19.06(6)	0 _________	0 _________	0 _________
Total				55	35	90

First Comment Letters Issued⁽⁶⁾
	a.	June 2017	19
	b.	Average number of days taken between the date of application and the date of issue of related first comment letter	23

Guidance issued to potential new listing applicants or their advisers on matters relating to the Listing Rules
	a.	June 2017	12
	b.	Average number of days taken between the date of request for guidance and the date of issue of written response⁽⁷⁾	10

(1)	Includes application(s) by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules, application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board, and deemed new applicant(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 8.21C or Main Board Listing Rule 14.84, and very substantial acquisition(s) treated as reverse takeover(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 14.06(6)/GEM Listing Rule 19.06(6).
(2)	Includes any application (or renewal) not approved, returned, rejected or withdrawn within six months from date of application.
(3)	Applications accepted for vetting but subsequently returned on the ground that the information in the listing application proof or related documents is not substantially complete.
(4)	Includes all applications accepted within three months following a lapsed, rejected or withdrawn application by the same applicant.
(5)	Applications resubmitted to the Exchange after an 8-week moratorium from the date of the return letter.
(6)	First comment letters are the first letters issued by Listing Department staff that contain the comments on the respective listing applications. It only covers the first comment letters issued this month. For reports issued from January 2011 onwards, non-business days have been subtracted from "the average number of days taken". The figures exclude cases for a transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board. If included, the number of first comment letters issued is 21 and the average number of days taken is 22.
(7)	Covers only the guidance letters issued this month. For the reports issued from January 2011 onwards, non-business days have been subtracted from "the average number of days taken".

Delisting and Suspension Information
(As at 30 June 2017)

			Main Board	GEM	Total
(a)	Number of delisted companies (since 1 January 2017)
	a.	Withdrawal of listing pursuant to privatisation	2	0	2
	b.	Transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	N/A	4	4
	c.	Cancellation of listing pursuant to delisting procedures under the Listing Rules	1	2	3
	d.	Voluntary withdrawal of listing	1 _________	1 _________	2 _________
Total			4	7	11
(b)	Number of companies in suspension for three months or more (as at 30 June 2017)
	a.	Companies not in delisting procedures	31	0	31
	b.	Main Board companies in delisting procedures:
		- first stage of delisting⁽⁸⁾	5	N/A	5
		- second stage of delisting⁽⁹⁾	2	N/A	2
		- third stage of delisting⁽⁹⁾	14	N/A	14
	c.	GEM companies given 6 months' notice for delisting	N/A	2	2
	d.	Delisting approved by the Listing Committee	2*	0	2
	e.	Resumption proposals approved in principle by the Exchange subject to fulfillment of conditions	0 _________	0 _________	0 _________
Total			54	2	56

Other Information
(As at 30 June 2017)

		Main Board	GEM	Total
(c)	Number of listed companies (as at 30 June 2017)	1,746	288	2,034

(8)	Where the Exchange has issued a letter to the long-suspended company informing it of the commencement of the delisting procedures and that the Exchange will consider placing the company in the second stage of delisting if the company fails to submit a viable resumption proposal by the deadline set out in the letter.
(9)	Long-suspended Main Board companies having problems with sufficient operations or assets are placed in the second and third stages of delisting under Practice Note 17 to the Main Board Listing Rules.

*	The companies applied to the Exchange to review the delisting decisions. The review procedures are in progress.

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Updated 30 Jun 2017