Determination of the Price
Datang Intl Power Generation Co Ld
12 December 2006
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Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.
(a sino-foreign joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's
Republic of China)
(Stock Code: 991)
DETERMINATION OF THE OFFER PRICE AND SIZE
FOR THE A SHARES ISSUE
Summary
The Company will issue 500,000,000 A Shares at the offer price of RMB6.68 per
share.
Reference is made to the announcements published by the Company dated 16
November 2006 regarding the Company's proposed A Shares Issue, dated 27
November 2006 regarding the approval of the A Shares Issue by the CSRC and
commencement of price consultations for the A Shares Issue, and dated 5
December 2006 regarding the determination of the offer price range for the A
Shares Issue.
Based on circumstances of the off-line indicative demand for the A Shares
Issue and the Company's funding needs, the Company and the Sponsor have agreed
to determine the final size and offer price for the A Shares Issue as follows:
the issue size at 500,000,000 shares and the offer price at RMB6.68 per share.
150,852,380 A Shares and 46,179,300 A Shares will be placed strategically to
CDGC and TJIC for the A Shares Issue, respectively, accounting for 39.41% of
the issue size. 90,968,320 shares will be placed off-line to target placees,
accounting for 18.19% of the issue size, whilst the remaining 212,000,000
shares will be issued online.
CDGC and TJIC have committed: that the shares subscribed through strategic
placing will not be transferred or entrusted for management to any third
parties, nor will they be purchased by the Company, for at least three years
commencing from the date of listing and trading of the online issued shares on
the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The lock-up period for the shares placed off-line to target placees for the A
Shares Issue is three months commencing from the date of listing and trading
of the online issued shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. There is no
lock-up period for the online issued shares.
The announcements regarding the offer price and issue size for the A Shares
Issue will be published on 12 December 2006 concurrently in several newspapers
in the PRC, including the Shanghai Securities News, China Securities Journal,
Securities Times and Securities Daily.
DEFINITIONS
In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
expressions have the following meanings:
'A Share(s)' the domestic ordinary share(s) with a nominal
value of RMB1.00 each which are to be subscribed
in RMB and are proposed to be issued by the
Company to (i) part of the existing holders of
domestic shares of the Company and (ii) natural
persons and institutional investors in the PRC
'A Shares Issue' the proposed issue of A Shares to (i) part of the
existing holders of domestic shares of the
Company and (ii) natural persons and
institutional investors in the PRC by the
Company. The A Shares, subject to the relevant
approval of the relevant authorities in the PRC,
are proposed to be listed on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange
'CDGC' China Datang Corporation (Chinese Words), a
state-owned enterprise established under the laws
of the PRC and is a substantial shareholder of
the Company holding approximately 35.43% of the
issued share capital of the Company
'Company' Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.
(Chinese Words), a sino-foreign joint stock
limited company incorporated in the PRC on 13
December 1994, of which the H Shares are listed
on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and
The London Stock Exchange Limited
'CSRC' China Securities Regulatory Commission
'Directors' directors of the Company
'PRC' the People's Republic of China
'RMB' Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC
'Shanghai Stock Exchange' Shanghai Stock Exchange of the PRC
'Sponsor' BOCI Securities Limited (Chinese Words)
'TJIC' Tianjin Jinneng Investment Company (Chinese
Words), a state-owned enterprise established
under the laws of the PRC and a substantial
shareholder of the Company holding approximately
10.84% of the issued share capital of the Company
By Order of the
Board
Yang Hongming
Company Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 11 December 2006
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors are:
Zhai Ruoyu, Zhang Yi, Hu Shengmu, Fang Qinghai, Yang Hongming, Liu Haixia,
Guan Tiangang, Su Tiegang, Ye Yonghui, Tong Yunshang, Xie Songlin*, Xu Daping*,
Liu Chaoan*, Yu Changchun* and Xia Qing*
* Independent non-executive Directors
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