Date: Feb 4, 2005
Copyright: Reuters
MIAMI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Chinese mobile phone
services company Hurray Holding Co. Ltd.'s initial public
offering raised $70.52 million after the shares priced under
the midpoint of the expected range, the company said on Friday.
Hurray's IPO priced 6.88 million American Depositary
Shares at $10.25 per share, it said. The Beijing-based provider
of ringtones, picture downloads and general WiFi services
for Chinese mobile phone users had filed to offer 6.88 million
ADSs for between $9.60 and $11.60 a share.
Each ADS represents 100 ordinary shares.
Existing shareholders were selling 255,661 ADSs,
while underwriters, led by Citigroup, have the option to buy
an additional 1.03 million ADSs to cover over-allotments.
Hurray is a 1999 spin-off of telecommunications
equipment company UTStarcom Inc. (UTSI.O: Quote, Profile,
Research) , according to its filing.
The company will list on Nasdaq under the symbol
"HRAY" (HRAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) .
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