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Dongfeng Motor Group's IPO Sees Significant Gains in Hong Kong

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Dongfeng Motor Group, a Chinese automaker, has seen its shares rise significantly in Hong Kong following its initial public offering (IPO). The company, which makes Nissan, Honda, and Citroen cars, raised $3.97 billion in the IPO and aims to expand sales to make up for declining profit margins and maintain its 13 percent share of China's vehicle market.

Key Takeaways:

  • Dongfeng Motor Group, a Chinese automaker, raised $3.97 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) and saw its shares rise 8.8 percent on its first trading day in Hong Kong.
  • The company aims to expand sales to make up for declining profit margins and maintain its 13 percent share of China's vehicle market, which has 24 vehicles for every 1,000 people, less than a fifth of the global average.
  • Dongfeng wants to increase annual production by about 65 percent by 2008 and introduce at least 10 new passenger car models by the same year.
  • The company sold 2.48 billion shares, or 30 percent of enlarged share capital, in the IPO, with institutional investors subscribing for $2.7 billion of stock, or about six times the amount available.
  • Individual investors in Hong Kong ordered twice the amount of shares available to them, and Dongfeng sold shares at 9.1 times its forecast earnings per share for 2005.
  • Denway Motors, which makes cars with Honda in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, is trading at about 9.2 times forecast 2005 profit, making Dongfeng's stock "a more diversified play" according to Ambrose Chang, chief investment officer at Daiwa SB Investments HK.
  • Standard Chartered Private Equity bought $50 million of Dongfeng shares, and Temasek Holdings, the Singapore state-run investment company, bought $40 million of stock.

Statistics:

  • Dongfeng Motor Group raised $3.97 billion in its initial public offering (IPO).
  • The company sold 2.48 billion shares, or 30 percent of enlarged share capital, in the IPO.
  • Institutional investors subscribed for $2.7 billion of stock, or about six times the amount available.
  • Individual investors in Hong Kong ordered twice the amount of shares available to them.
  • Dongfeng's forecast earnings per share for 2005 were sold at 9.1 times.
  • Denway Motors is trading at about 9.2 times forecast 2005 profit.

Sources:

  • Vicki Kwong and Tian Ying (no publication date or timestamp mentioned)
  • Bloomberg (no publication date or timestamp mentioned)
  • Daiwa SB Investments HK (no publication date or timestamp mentioned)
  • Phillip Asset Management (no publication date or timestamp mentioned)
  • Ministry of Commerce (no publication date or timestamp mentioned)

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