Hong Kong, 14 August 2007 – JPMorgan announced today that it acts as depositary bank for E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House"). On 13 August 2007, E-House completed its level 3 initial public offering of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE").
Each E-House ADR represents one common share. A total of 16,790,000 American Depositary Shares were sold in the offering at a price of US$13.80 per ADR, resulting in a total offering size of US$231,702,000.
E-House is a leading real estate services company in China. It provides primary real estate agency services, secondary real estate brokerage services as well as real estate consulting and information services.
"We selected JPMorgan as depositary bank because of its proven track record in this field. We aim to broaden our investor base in the US and we believe JPMorgan will help us reach this goal", commented Li-Lan Cheng, Chief Financial Officer from E-House.
"Our determination to continuously assist Chinese companies, listing in the US through the DR vehicle, has allowed JPMorgan to introduce many value-added services to its clients, and we look forward to working with E-House on its ADR program", commented Kenneth Tse, JPMorgan’s Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Regional Depositary Receipts Group.
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