高端鞋類製造商Jimmy Choo逆市發股
Luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo has planted a bright stiletto into the gloom of falling equity markets by pricing its initial public offering in London at 140p per share, the bottom of its price range, according to a person familiar with the sale.
Shares in the maker of high-heeled shoes for the stars will start trading in London on Friday in a rare example of a company being able to complete a public listing despite the sharp sell-off across major stock markets this week.
In contrast, Aldermore was forced to abandon its planned IPO this week after the UK small business bank encountered a lack of investor demand and struggled to lower its price below an initial range that some observers said was too aggressive.
There are also doubts about the planned listing of Virgin Money, the bank that is part-owned by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and US billionaire Wilbur Ross. The Newcastle upon Tyne lender will decide by early next week whether to press ahead with pricing its IPO, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Jimmy Choo will have a market capitalisation of £546m, well below the level targeted at the top of the shoemaker’s initial range of 140p-180p, which it narrowed to 140p-160p earlier this week.
The company was founded in 1996 by former Vogue accessories editor Tamara Mellon and Malaysian designer Jimmy Choo, and is now owned by Joh A Benckiser, an investment house controlled by the billionaire Reimann family.
這家爲明星生產高跟鞋的製造商將於週五開始在倫敦交易。本週全球重要股市出現大幅拋售，Jimmy Choo的逆市發行十分罕見。
以這一發行價計算，Jimmy Choo市值將爲5.46億英鎊，遠低於其最初制定的發行價區間（每股140便士到180便士）的高端水平。本週早些時候，Jimmy Choo將定價區間收窄到了140便士到160便士。
該公司成立於1996年，由曾任Vogue飾品主編的塔瑪拉•梅隆(Tamara Mellon)及馬來西亞設計師周仰傑(Jimmy Choo)創立。如今，該公司由身家億萬的萊曼(Reimann)家族旗下的投資公司Joh A Benckiser控股。
Shares in the maker of high-heeled shoes for the stars will start trading in London on Friday in a rare example of a company being able to complete a public listing despite the sharp sell-off across major stock markets this week.
In contrast, Aldermore was forced to abandon its planned IPO this week after the UK small business bank encountered a lack of investor demand and struggled to lower its price below an initial range that some observers said was too aggressive.
There are also doubts about the planned listing of Virgin Money, the bank that is part-owned by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and US billionaire Wilbur Ross. The Newcastle upon Tyne lender will decide by early next week whether to press ahead with pricing its IPO, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Jimmy Choo will have a market capitalisation of £546m, well below the level targeted at the top of the shoemaker’s initial range of 140p-180p, which it narrowed to 140p-160p earlier this week.
The company was founded in 1996 by former Vogue accessories editor Tamara Mellon and Malaysian designer Jimmy Choo, and is now owned by Joh A Benckiser, an investment house controlled by the billionaire Reimann family.
這家爲明星生產高跟鞋的製造商將於週五開始在倫敦交易。本週全球重要股市出現大幅拋售，Jimmy Choo的逆市發行十分罕見。
以這一發行價計算，Jimmy Choo市值將爲5.46億英鎊，遠低於其最初制定的發行價區間（每股140便士到180便士）的高端水平。本週早些時候，Jimmy Choo將定價區間收窄到了140便士到160便士。
該公司成立於1996年，由曾任Vogue飾品主編的塔瑪拉•梅隆(Tamara Mellon)及馬來西亞設計師周仰傑(Jimmy Choo)創立。如今，該公司由身家億萬的萊曼(Reimann)家族旗下的投資公司Joh A Benckiser控股。
美銀美林(Bank of America Merrill Lynch)是Jimmy Choo此次發行的全球協調人，匯豐銀行(HSBC)是其聯合賬簿管理人，而BHF銀行則是其聯繫牽頭經辦人。
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