Hong Kong, June 14, 2007 - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPMorgan") announced today that it acts as depositary bank for Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy"). On 13 June 2007, Yingli Green Energy completed its level 3 new initial public offering of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE").
Each Yingli Green Energy ADR represents one common share. A total of 29,000,000 American Depositary Shares were sold in the offering at a price of US$11 per ADR, resulting in a total offering size of US$319 million.
Yingli Green Energy is a vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacturer in China. It designs, manufactures and sells PV modules, and designs, assembles, sells and installs PV systems that are connected to an electricity transmission grid or those that operate on a standalone basis.
"We are very pleased to have appointed JPMorgan and its highly skilled team to act as the depositary bank for our ADR program. With vertically integrated solar sector capabilities, we wanted to partner with a bank that would give us confidence by strong credentials and impressive results from the past to ensure our ADR listing success. JPMorgan is such bank", commented Bryan Li, Chief Financial Officer of Yingli Green Energy.
"JPMorgan maintains a leading position in the Depositary Receipts ("DR") market, focusing on premium, high value added services. We are pleased to act as depositary bank for Yingli Green Energy, and look forward to helping the company benefit from the US demand for international equities", commented Kenneth Tse, JPMorgan's Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Regional Depositary Receipts Group.
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