Shanda Cloudary US IPO is Finally Taking Off
Chinese web giant Shanda (NASDAQ:SNDA) wanted its subsidiary, Shanda Cloudary, to list in the US last year, but plans were cancelled in July when one of its lead underwriters withdrew. But the US IPO for the digital publisher and ebooks portal (pictured above) is back on the books, according to Chinese media.
Parent company Shanda has issued a prospectus, but has not yet filed with the US SEC for Cloudary (sometimes referred to as Shanda Literature). It includes standard 2011 financial data that shows the subsidiary made a loss of 27.1 million RMB (US$4.3 million) on revenue of 701 million RMB ($111.2 million). Once again, it aims to be listed under the NYSE:READ ticker.
On a more hopeful note, the prospectus points out that the Cloudary division, since its inception in 2008, has grown to have a Chinese ebook market share of 72.1 percent (by revenue). Plus, its operating loss narrowed last year compared to 2010, and its revenue rose by nearly double in that same time-frame.
希望が持てる点としては、趣意書ではCloudary部門が開始された2008年以来、中国のeブックス市場が72.1%のシェア(収益ベースで)にまで成長したことが挙げられる。さらに、昨年の営業損失は2010年に比べて減り、同時期に収益が約倍増したことも挙げられる。
より見込みのある側面に関して言えば、趣意書には、Cloudary社は2008年の設立以来、中国の電子書籍業界で72.1%(収益ベース)のマーケットシェアを占めるほど成長していることが示されている。加えて、営業損失も昨年は、2010年と比べれば、少なくなっており、収益も同時期と比較してほぼ倍増している。
The company will be hoping that the markets will be kinder to Chinese tech stocks in 2012, and that its Amazon-like digital publishing subsidiary finally has a clearer business model – and a chance to turn a profit – now that it has more products in full flow. These include a Shanda-badged Android smartphone en route for later this year which will be another vehicle – along with its Bambook e-reader – for its paid ebook platform.
This all comes at a time when the parent company is looking to do quite the reverse: delist from NASDAQ and go private, thanks to a management-led buyout.
これは親会社が全く反対のこと、つまり経営買収の結果としてNASDAQから上場廃止してプレイベーと企業になることを検討していたときに起きたものだ。
Coudaryが上場計画を進めている中、親会社のShandaは全く逆のことをしようとしている。親会社は経営者側が率いる買収を行い、ナスダックから撤退し非上場企業になろうとしている。