

But Hong Kong has its own obstacles, most notably tough profitability requirements that would normally disqualify a money-losing company like LinkDoc.īut the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has shown growing flexibility in the last few years to accommodate this kind of high-tech, high-growth company. IPO application means LinkDoc has begun the early confidential steps for a Hong Kong IPO that could soon lead to its first public filing. IPOs around the same time and have gone silent since then? At least one such plan appears to still be moving forward, which we’ll describe shortly.Ī potential alternative for LinkDoc and the others could be Hong Kong listings, and it’s quite possible the formal withdrawal of its U.S. listing now formally dead, the big questions are: What will LinkDoc do next, and what’s ahead for the handful of other Chinese companies that had filed for U.S.
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“In light of the current capital markets condition, the company is considering other alternatives and has determined not to proceed at this time with the offering and sale of the securities proposed to be covered by the registration statement,” LinkDoc said in a brief statement accompanying its withdrawal notice dated April 11.

Readers might recall this company had the misfortune of trying to list at the height of a storm centered on the Uber-like DiDi Global (NYSE:DIDI) over data security concerns from China’s cybersecurity regulator. securities regulator last week it was withdrawing its IPO application first filed last June. Medical big data firm LinkDoc Technology Ltd. has formally signaled the end of its hopes for a U.S. listings could revive their plans in the second half of this year as last year’s regulatory turmoil shows signs of receding


LinkDoc’s IPO delay also comes as regulators in Beijing are planning rule changes that would allow them to block a Chinese company from listing overseas even if the unit selling shares is incorporated outside China, closing a loophole long-used by the country’s technology giants, Bloomberg News reported this week.
