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Chinese math education service provider Four Seasons Education debuts on NYSE

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2017-11-09 09:01Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping ECNS App Download

Chinese after-school math education service provider Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc. made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Wednesday, trading under the ticker symbol of FEDU.

FEDU priced its initial public offering (IPO) of 10,100,000 American depositary shares (ADSs) at 10 U.S. dollars per ADS for a total offering size of 101 million dollars, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional ADSs. Each two ADSs represent one ordinary share.

Of the total 10,100,000 ADSs offered, 9,200,000 ADSs are being offered by the company and 900,000 ADSs are being offered by selling shareholders.

In addition, the company and selling shareholders have granted the underwriters an option, exercisable within 30 days from the date of the final prospectus, to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,515,000 additional ADSs to cover over-allotments.

FEDU started trading at 10.20 dollars per ADS on Wednesday, rising 2.0 percent from its pricing of 10 dollars per ADS, which is at the middle of the pricing range of 9 dollars to 11 dollars given by the company.

Shares of the company declined about 5 percent to trade at 9.5 dollars apiece around midday.

FEDU has offered after-school math education for elementary school students since 2010. In 2016 and the six months ended June 30, 2017, FEDU was the largest after-school math education service provider for elementary school students in Shanghai, as measured by gross billings and number of students, according to the Frost & Sullivan Report.

"Listing on the NYSE will raise the popularity of our brand and help our company develop in a more standardized way, which will ultimately contribute to the company's cross-regional development in the future," Four Seasons Education Chairman & CEO Peiqing Tian told Xinhua after the opening bell.

"Meanwhile, we will have better opportunities to learn from China's leading educational firms, like New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. and TAL Education Group, which also went public in the U.S. stock markets," He added.

For the six months ended on Aug. 31, 2017, FEDU's revenues were 22.2 million U.S. dollars, up 53.3 percent from the same six months a year ago, while its gross profit for the six months ended on Aug. 31, 2017 was 14.6 million dollars, 77.8 percent higher than the year-ago period, according to the company's prospectus.

  

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