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New York-listed Chinese cloud services provider Kingsoft Cloud files to go public in Hong Kong

  • Beijing-based Kingsoft will seek a dual primary listing in Hong Kong
  • Kingsoft went public in New York in May 2020

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Kingsoft Cloud has filed for a dual primary listing in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Martin Choi

Kingsoft Cloud, the New York-listed Chinese cloud computing company, is planning a dual primary listing in Hong Kong, joining the growing ranks of US-listed mainland companies seeking to sell shares closer to home.

The Beijing-based company submitted its application to the Hong Kong stock exchange late on Wednesday, according to the bourse’s website.

“The proposed listing is subject to regulatory approvals, including comprehensive vetting procedures with the Hong Kong stock exchange, and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the proposed listing may be completed,” Kingsoft said in a press release.

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“Through the application, the company demonstrates its commitment to provide its shareholders with greater liquidity and protection amid an evolving market and regulatory environment.”

The move comes a day after Alibaba Group Holding said it was seeking a primary listing on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, elevating its status on Asia’s third-largest bourse to gain access to a transborder investment channel with mainland China to widen and diversify its investor base.

Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, went public in New York in 2014 and has had a secondary listing in Hong Kong since November 2019.
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