Main Board - Progress Report for New Listing Applications

Progress Report for New Listing Applications (Initial Public Offering Applications)

New Applications Accepted
New Applications Accepted
Includes application(s) by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules, application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board, and deemed new applicant(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 8.21C or Main Board Listing Rule 14.84, and very substantial acquisition(s) treated as reverse takeover(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 14.06(6)/GEM Listing Rule 19.06(6).
Main Board

   December 2020 2020 Year-to-date
    12 216
Approvals in Principle Granted
Approvals in principle granted

Includes application(s) by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules, application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board, and deemed new applicant(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 8.21C or Main Board Listing Rule 14.84, and very substantial acquisition(s) treated as reverse takeover(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 14.06(6)/GEM Listing Rule 19.06(6).

Main Board
December 2020 2020 Year-to-date
17 172
Active Applications
Active applications

Includes application(s) by investment vehicle(s) pursuant to Chapters 20 and 21 of the Main Board Listing Rules, application(s) for transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board, and deemed new applicant(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 8.21C or Main Board Listing Rule 14.84, and very substantial acquisition(s) treated as reverse takeover(s) pursuant to Main Board Listing Rule 14.06(6)/GEM Listing Rule 19.06(6).

Main Board
(as at 31 December 2020)
1. Under processing:
a. New application accepted since 1 January 2020 68
b. Others 13
    SUB TOTAL: 81
2. Approval in principle granted
a. Approvals granted since 1 January 2020 19
b. Others 0
    TOTAL: 100
Inactive Applications
Inactive applications

Includes any application (or renewal) not approved, returned, rejected or withdrawn within six months from date of application.

Main Board
(since 1 January 2020)
1.  Lapsed  
  a. Approval in principle granted but not listed prior to application lapsed  46
  b. Others 165
2. Rejected 1
3. Withdrawn 6
4. Returned  
 
 0
 TOTAL: 218
5. Renewals
 
 142
6. Returned cases resubmitted 
 
 0
TOTAL: 142
No. of New Listings
No. of New Listings
Not include transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board.
Main Board
(since 1 January 2020)
1. Newly listed companies 165
2.
Transfer of listing from GEM to Main Board
 8
TOTAL: 173
First Comment Letters Issued
First Comment Letters Issued

First comment letters are the first letters issued by Listing Department staff that contain the comments on the respective listing applications. It only covers the first comment letters issued this month. For reports issued from January 2011 onwards, non-business days have been subtracted from “the average number of days taken”. The figures exclude cases for a transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board.

Main Board & GEM
a. December 2020 6
b. Average number of days taken between the date of application and the date of issue of related first comment letter 13
Guidance Issued to Potential New Listing Applicants or Their Advisers on Matters Relating to the Listing Rules
Main Board & GEM
a. December 2020 20
b.
Average number of days taken between the date of request for guidance and the date of issue of written response

10

 

This report is updated on the last trading day of each month.