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)

中國最大的民營教育服務機構新東方教育科技集團本周四在紐約股票交易所掛牌上市。新東方通過首次公開招股共發行750萬股美國存托憑證，每股發行價為15美元，超過了此前預期的11至13美元。 新東方首日收盤價較之其發行價飆升了39％，是今年4月以來紐交所首日表現最好的新股票。 目前，新東方已賦予承銷商一個30天的選擇權，承銷商在30天內還可另購113萬股美國存托憑證。 每股美國存托憑證相當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招股的唯一全球協調人，并與高盛投行一起擔任此次招股的主承銷商。Piper Jaffray & Co. 投行是此次公開招股的副承銷商。 新東方的主要課程包括英語及其它外語類課程、備考類課程及在線教育課程。新東方在中國東部省份共開設了25所分校和110多個培訓中心。 據資料顯示，其收益主要用于開發新項目、購置設施及償還貸款。新東方本財政年度共新開設10所分校，并計劃在2007年財政年度再開設六至八所分校。 新東方總裁俞敏洪在接受采訪時說：“民辦教育在中國剛剛起步，希望我們能為中國的發展盡一份力。” (英語點津姍姍編輯)