Hikvision Digital Technology has announced the initial public offerings (IPO) of 50 000 000 shares at the price of ¥68 per share on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol '002415'.
This listing will allow Hikvision to invest in product research and development to continue to deliver state-of-the-art products and solutions for customers around the world. Hikvision plans to continue to invest in its logistics and technical service centres in the US and Europe, as well as other regions and markets, in order to provide better service to customers.
“Hikvision has kept its leadership position in the digital surveillance market through industry-leading and award-winning products,” said Polo Cai, vice president of Hikvision. According to IMS Research’s Global Video Surveillance Report 2009, Hikvision is the No.1 supplier of DVR products worldwide.
As well, Hikvision has been listed three years in a row in Security 50, a market survey recognising the top 50 security vendors in the global security market (No. 12 in 2009). “We expect that the IPO will help us enhance the brand visibility of Hikvision in the market and award more recognition by our customers,” said Cai. “Moreover, becoming a publicly traded company will motivate us to work harder and evolve to be a stronger, more competitive company.”
"We consider the listing of our stock a noteworthy way to celebrate the company’s significant accomplishments in the last few years and to anticipate new achievements in the future," said Yangzhong Hu, president of Hikvision. "There are large opportunities and challenges ahead of us, we will face it positively and fully utilise the funds gathered from the listing to expand the company’s business in video surveillance industry."
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