Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions (As at 29 June 2018)

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29 Jun 2018

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions
(As at 29 June 2018)

					Main Board	GEM	Total
New Applications Accepted
	a.		June 2018
			(i)	Application(s) made by companies pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Main Board Listing Rules/Chapter 11 of the GEM Listing Rules	38	12	50
			(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)	0 ________	0 ________	0 ________
Total					41	12	53
	b.		2018 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	130	38	168
			(ii)	Application(s) made by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules	7	N/A	7
			(iii)	Application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	10	N/A	10
			(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)	3 _________	0 _________	3 _________
Total					150	38	188
Approvals in principle granted⁽¹⁾
	a.	June 2018			30	9	39
	b.	2018 Year-to-date			80	46	126
Active applications⁽¹⁾(as at 29 June2018)
1.	Under processing
	a.	New applications accepted since 1 January 2018			109	32	141
	b.	Others			21 _________	11 _________	32 _________
		Sub-total			130	43	173
2.	Approval in principle granted
	a.	Approvals granted since 1 January 2018			32	13	45
	b.	Others			1 _________	0 _________	1 _________
Total					163	56	219

Inactive applications⁽²⁾ (since 1 January 2018)
1.	Lapsed
	a.	Approval in principle granted but not listed prior to application lapsed		14	16	30
	b.	Others		58	40	98
2.	Rejected			5	2	7
3.	Withdrawn			2	4	6
4.	Returned⁽³⁾			0 _________	0 _________	0 _________
	Total			79	62	141

5.	Renewals⁽⁴⁾			64	48	112
6.	Returned cases resubmitted⁽⁵⁾			0 _________	1 _________	1 _________
	Total			64	49	113
No. of new listings (since 1 January 2018)
		(i)	Companies listed pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Main Board Listing Rules/ Chapter 11 of the GEM Listing Rules	51	50	101
		(ii)	Investment vehicle(s) listed pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules	5	N/A	5
		(iii)	Transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	7	N/A	7
		(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				63	50	113

First Comment Letters Issued⁽⁶⁾
	a.	June 2018	28
	b.	Average number of days taken between the date of application and the date of issue of related first comment letter	14

Guidance issued to potential new listing applicants or their advisers on matters relating to the Listing Rules
	a.	June 2018	26
	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 30 and the average number of days taken is 14.
⁽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 29 June 2018)

			Main Board	GEM	Total
(a)	Number of delisted companies (since 1 January 2018)
	a.	Withdrawal of listing pursuant to privatisation	0	0	0
	b.	Transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	N/A	7	7
	c.	Cancellation of listing pursuant to delisting procedures under the Listing Rules	0	0	0
	d.	Voluntary withdrawal of listing	4 _________	0 _________	4 _________
Total			4	7	11
(b)	Number of companies in suspension for three months or more (as at 29 June 2018)
	a.	Companies not in delisting procedures	35	3	38
	b.	Main Board companies in delisting procedures:
		- first stage of delisting⁽⁸⁾	4	N/A	4
		- second stage of delisting⁽⁹⁾	4	N/A	4
		- third stage of delisting⁽⁹⁾	14	N/A	14
		- others⁽¹⁰⁾	0	N/A	0
	c.	GEM companies given 6 months' notice for delisting	N/A	2	2
	d.	Delisting approved by the Listing Committee	5*	0	5
	e.	Resumption proposals approved in principle by the Exchange subject to fulfillment of conditions	1 _________	0 _________	1 _________
Total			63	5	68

Other Information
(As at 29 June2018)

			Main Board	GEM	Total
(c)	Number of listed companies (as at 29 June 2018)		1,848	367	2,215

⁽⁸⁾	Where the Exchange has issued a letter to the long-suspended company informing it of the commencement of the delisting procedures under Practice Note 17 to the Main Board Listing Rules 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.
⁽¹⁰⁾	The Exchange has decided to commence procedures under Rule 6.01(4) to cancel the listing of companies on the ground that they are no longer suitable for listing.

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

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Updated 29 Jun 2018