FACTBOX-List of top IPOs by Chinese and global firms http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=newIssuesNews&storyID=2006-05-24T021938Z_01_HKG1307_RTRIDST_0_CHINA-IPOS-LARGEST-FACTBOX.XML
Tue May 23, 2006
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May 24 (Reuters) - Bank of China [BOC.UL](3988.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday raised US$9.7 billion after pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering near the top of its indicated range.
Sources familiar with the listing said the bank will exercise an overallotment option that will expand the deal to US$11.1 billion, making it the world's fourth-largest share sale in history.
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The deal is expected to be followed later this year by an IPO from larger rival Industrial and Commercial Bank of China [ICBC.UL] that could be worth as much as $12 billion.
The biggest overseas IPOs from China: