Sept 14 (Reuters) – China’s Ligent Technologies is looking to raise around HK$5.67 billion ($723 million) through an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to a filing with the exchange on Monday.
The optical communications equipment maker is offering 172 million shares at an offer price of HK$32.96 apiece.
This price would give the company a market capitalisation of HK$32.398 billion ($4.13 billion), according to its prospectus.
Reuters reported on September 3 that Ligent, controlled by Chinese technology conglomerate Hisense Group Holding, is targeting to raise around $800 million in its IPO in the city, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Ligent makes optical transceivers, optical chips and network terminals. Its products are used in data centres, cloud computing and telecommunications networks.
Proceeds from the offering will fund research and development of new products and technologies, expand production capacity and support general corporate purposes, among other uses, the company’s prospectus showed.
The company’s shares are slated to debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on September 22.
Citigroup and Citic Securities are joint sponsors of the deal, while cornerstone investors include GigaDevice and Mirae Asset Securities HK.
($1 = 7.8425 Hong Kong dollars)
(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru; Editing by David Gregorio and Lincoln Feast.)
