China TV Producer Linmon Media Seeks Hong Kong IPO

variety.com:

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese TV producer Linmon Media has filed an application for an initial public offering in Hong Kong.

It is the third time that the eight-year-old company has sought a stock market flotation.The heavily-redacted draft prospectus, sponsored by Morgan Stanley and CICC, does not reveal how much fresh capital the company aims to raise, nor the company’s anticipated valuation.

The timetable for IPO is also not disclosed.Linmon previously sought a listing on the mainland China A-share market and had a prior attempt at listing in Hong Kong late last year.

Both applications were abandoned. The company was founded back in 2014 by former SMG head of film Zhou Yuan, and co-founders Su Xiao, Chen Fei and Xu Xiao’ou.