New Oriental Education & Technology Group goes public in NYSE on September 7,2006. New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc., the largest provider of private educational services in China went public on Thursday in New York Stock Exchange. Its initial public offering of 7.5 million American depositary shares was priced at $15 each, topping the expected pricing range of $11 to $13. New Oriental soared 39 percent after their initial public offering, the biggest first-day gain for a new stock since April. New Oriental has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1.13 million ADSs. Each ADS represents four common shares of New Oriental, and shares begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "EDU." Credit Suisse Securities was the sole global coordinator and acted as joint book-runners with Goldman Sachs. Piper Jaffray & Co. acted as a co-manager for the offering. New Oriental offers English and other foreign-language classes, test-preparation and online instruction. It runs 25 schools and more than 110 learning centers concentrated in the eastern provinces of China. Proceeds will be used to develop programs, acquire facilities and repay debt, according to the filing. New Oriental opened 10 schools in the fiscal year and plans to open six to eight more in fiscal 2007. "Private education is just starting to take off in China and we hope we can help China's growth,'' Chief Executive Officer Michael Ming Hou Yu said in an interview. (Agencies)

中國(guó)最大的民營(yíng)教育服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)新東方教育科技集團(tuán)本周四在紐約股票交易所掛牌上市。新東方通過(guò)首次公開(kāi)招股共發(fā)行750萬(wàn)股美國(guó)存托憑證，每股發(fā)行價(jià)為15美元，超過(guò)了此前預(yù)期的11至13美元。 新東方首日收盤(pán)價(jià)較之其發(fā)行價(jià)飆升了39％，是今年4月以來(lái)紐交所首日表現(xiàn)最好的新股票。 目前，新東方已賦予承銷商一個(gè)30天的選擇權(quán)，承銷商在30天內(nèi)還可另購(gòu)113萬(wàn)股美國(guó)存托憑證。 每股美國(guó)存托憑證相當(dāng)于四股新東方普通股，新東方在紐約股票交易所的交易代碼為“EDU”。 瑞士信貸是新東方首次公開(kāi)招股的唯一全球協(xié)調(diào)人，并與高盛投行一起擔(dān)任此次招股的主承銷商。Piper Jaffray & Co. 投行是此次公開(kāi)招股的副承銷商。 新東方的主要課程包括英語(yǔ)及其它外語(yǔ)類課程、備考類課程及在線教育課程。新東方在中國(guó)東部省份共開(kāi)設(shè)了25所分校和110多個(gè)培訓(xùn)中心。 據(jù)資料顯示，其收益主要用于開(kāi)發(fā)新項(xiàng)目、購(gòu)置設(shè)施及償還貸款。新東方本財(cái)政年度共新開(kāi)設(shè)10所分校，并計(jì)劃在2007年財(cái)政年度再開(kāi)設(shè)六至八所分校。 新東方總裁俞敏洪在接受采訪時(shí)說(shuō)：“民辦教育在中國(guó)剛剛起步，希望我們能為中國(guó)的發(fā)展盡一份力。” (英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯)