24 December 2019
CICC Assists Giantec in Listing on SSE STAR Market

Giantec Semiconductor Corporation (“Giantec” or the “Company”,688123) has been successfully listed on the SSE STAR Market on Dec 23rd, 2019. It is the first memory chip design company listed on SSE STAR Market, and the largest A-share IPO in memory chip design by proceeds since 2011.

Giantec is an IC design company and currently has 3 key product lines, namely EEPROM, VCM Driver and Smart Card IC. The Company won the IC Design Achievement Award of Greater China for four years in a row from 2016 to 2019, and was selected as Shanghai Famous Trademark from 2013 to 2019. Giantec has become the world's leading EEPROM IC design company as it ranked No. 3 in the world and No. 1 among domestic companies in terms of the market share of EEPROM products in 2018. The Company’s products are widely applied in smartphones, LCD panels, Bluetooth modules, telecommunications, computers and peripherals, medical instruments, white goods, automotive electronics, industrial control and many other fields; and the Company has become the world’s No.1 supplier of EEPROMs for smartphone camera modules which are used in the smartphone products of mainstream manufacturers including Samsung, Huawei, vivo, OPPO, Xiaomi, Lenovo, ZTE and etc.

As Sole Sponsor and Lead Underwriter, CICC strictly controlled the progress of deal execution, received high recognition from the Company by providing professional and efficient deal execution and team collaboration. The IPO passed the Listing Committee review smoothly with no issues to be implemented thereafter. CICC provided high-quality and comprehensive investment banking services and assisted the Company in regulatory communications to conduct in-depth due diligence, make thorough analysis and demonstrate from multiple perspectives, addressing key regulatory concerns and facilitating the deal to proceed smoothly. At the stock issuance stage, CICC deeply tapped into the investment highlights, laying a solid foundation for the final pricing and successful issuance through multiple rounds of marketing.

As a leading, people-oriented investment bank with Chinese roots and international reach and serving the nation with integrity, CICC is committed to providing high-quality and value-added financial services for its clients. Relying on extensive capital market experience and seamless onshore and offshore services, CICC will continue to provide first-class financial services and assist clients to achieve their strategic goals of development.