Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions (As at 30 March 2012)

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30 Mar 2012

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions
(As at 30 March 2012)

					Main Board	GEM	Total
New Applications Accepted
	a.		March 2012
			(i)	Application(s) made by companies pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Main Board Listing Rules/ Chapter 11 of the GEM Listing Rules	12	1	13
			(ii)	Application(s) made by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules	0	N/A	0
			(iii)	Application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	1	N/A	1
			(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 ________
			Sub-total		13	1	14
	b.		2012 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	27	4	31
			(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	1	N/A	1
			(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 ________
			Sub-total		35	4	39
Approvals in principle granted⁽¹⁾
	a.	March 2012			7	1	8
	b.	2012 Year-to-date			19	2	21
Active applications⁽¹⁾ (as at 30 March 2012)
1.	Under processing (based on listing application form accepted):
	a.	New applications accepted since 1 January 2012			28	4	32
	b.	Others			19 __________	11 ___________	30 ________
		Sub-total			47	15	62
2.	Approval in principle granted
	a.	Approvals granted since 1 January 2012			9	2	11
	b.	Others			10 __________	0 __________	10 _________
Total					66	17	83

Inactive applications⁽²⁾ (since 1 January 2012)
1.	Lapsed
	a.	Approval in principle granted but not listed prior to application lapsed		19	1	20
	b.	Others		20	10	30
2.	Rejected			0	1	1
3.	Withdrawn			1 __________	0 __________	1 ________
	Sub-total			40	12	52
4.	Renewals⁽³⁾			(18) _________	(6) __________	(24) ________
Total				22	6	28
No. of new listings(since 1 January 2012)
		(i)	Companies listed pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Main Board Listing Rules/Chapter 11 of the GEM Listing Rules	15	3	18
		(ii)	Investment vehicle(s) listed pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules	24	N/A	24
		(iii)	Transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board	0	N/A	0
		(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)	1 __________	0 __________	1 ________
		Total		40	3	43

First Comment Letters Issued⁽⁴⁾
	a.	March 2012	9
	b.	Average number of days taken between the date of application and the date of issue of related first comment letter⁽⁵⁾	15

Guidance issued to potential new listing applicants or their advisers on matters relating to the Listing Rules
	a.	March 2012	9
	b.	Average number of days taken between the date of request for guidance and the date of issue of written response⁽⁵⁾	5

⁽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, rejected or withdrawn within six months.
⁽³⁾	Includes all applications accepted within three months following a lapsed, rejected or withdrawn application by the same applicant.
⁽⁴⁾	First comment letters are the first letters issued by the staff of the Listing Division that contain the Listing Division’s comments on the respective listing applications.
⁽⁵⁾	Covers only the first comment letters/guidance letters issued in 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 March 2012)

				Main Board	GEM	Total
(a)	Number of delisted companies (since 1 January 2012)
	a.	Withdrawal of listing pursuant to privatisation		3	0	3
	b.	Transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board		N/A	0	0
	c.	Cancellation of listing pursuant to delisting procedures under the Listing Rules		1	0	1
	d.	Voluntary withdrawal of listing		0 __________	0 __________	0 __________
Total				4	0	4
(b)	Number of companies in suspension for three months or more (as at 30 March 2012)
	a.	Companies not in delisting procedures		22	5	27
	b.	a)	Main Board companies in delisting procedures:

			- first stage of delisting⁽⁶⁾	3	N/A	3
			- second stage of delisting⁽⁷⁾	3	N/A	3
			- third stage of delisting⁽⁷⁾	3	N/A	3
		b)	Main Board companies served with a notice of intention of cancellation of listing under Main Board Listing Rule 6.10	0	N/A	0
	c.	GEM companies given 6 months' notice for delisting		N/A	2	2
	d.	Delisting approved by the Listing Committee		2*	0	2*
	e.	Resumption proposal approved in principle by the Exchange subject to fulfillment of conditions		4 __________	1 __________	5 __________
Total				37	8	45

Other Information
(As at 30 March 2012)

		Main Board	GEM	Total
(c)	Number of listed companies (as at 30 March 2012)	1,337	173	1,510

⁽⁶⁾	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.
⁽⁷⁾	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 decision. The review procedures are in progress.

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Updated 30 Mar 2012