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Jordan
10-28-2007, 10:21 PM
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Giant Interactive Chinese IPO coming out this week, might be worth a look.
ztgame.com


We are one of China’s leading online game developers and operators in terms of revenues, and our online game ZT Online was the most popular online game in China in 2006, according to a report published by International Data Corporation, or IDC, a leading market research firm. We focus on massively multiplayer online, or MMO, games that are played through networked game servers in which tens of thousands of players are able to simultaneously connect and interact.


Offering: 57.2 million shares at $12.00 - $14.00 per share. Net proceeds of approximately US$657 million will be used for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures and funding possible future acquisitions.

Lead Underwriters: Merrill Lynch, UBS Investment Bank

Financial Highlights:



In the six months ended June 30, 2007, our total net revenues increased by RMB605.0 million, or 734.2%, to RMB687.4 million (US$90.3 million) from RMB82.4 million in the same period in 2006... Our cost of services in the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased by RMB57.8 million, or 656.9%, to RMB66.6 million (US$8.7 million) from RMB8.8 million in the same period in 2006... Our gross profit increased by RMB547.2 million, or 743.4%, from RMB73.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006 to RMB620.8 million (US$81.6 million) in the six months ended June 30, 2007... Our research and product development expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased by RMB3.2 million, or 94.1%, to RMB6.6 million (US$0.9 million) from RMB3.4 million in the same period in 2006... our net income increased by RMB468.7 million, or 1,075.0%, from RMB43.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006 to RMB512.3 million (US$67.3 million) in the same period in 2007.

rkahn
10-29-2007, 05:24 PM
Chinaman - do you have any insight on this one?

microhedge
10-29-2007, 06:24 PM
its a Chinese IPO... how's that for insight :wink:

NED did not do as well as some forerunners like RCH, but has turned out to be quite a player.

The market is flush with IPOs and I doubt this will have a huge run, but will be worth watching.

I will more than likely be buying on the open market8O

That's my .02