Changes to Designated Securities Eligible for Short Selling

Feb 6, 2009 | Hong Kong Law

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) has announced that with effect from 12 February 2009 (Thursday), 25 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 27 existing designated securities will be removed from the list. After the revision, there will be a total of 362 designated securities for short selling.

The securities to be added and removed from the list of designated securities are set out below. The revised list of all designated securities is available on the Exchange’s website.

25 Additional Designated Securities (with effect from 12 February 2009)

STOCK CODEENGLISH SHORT NAME
1.31CHINA AEROSPACE
2.133CHINA MERCHANTS
3.171SILVER GRANT
4.182CHINA WINDPOWER
5.217CHINA CHENGTONG
6.222MIN XIN HOLD
7.227FIRST SHANGHAI
8.317GUANGZHOU SHIP
9.337SPG LAND
10.661CH N RES DEV
11.832CENTRAL CHINA
12.887EMPEROR WATCH&J
13.1033YIZHENG CHEM
14.1053CHONGQING IRON
15.1174PACIFIC ANDES
16.1812CHENMING PAPER
17.2000SIM TECH
18.2006JINJIANG HOTELS
19.2337FORTE
20.2342COMBA
21.2357AVICHINA
22.2366QJY MEDIA
23.2698WEIQIAO TEXTILE
24.2868BJ CAPITAL LAND
25.3999DACHAN FOOD

Deletion Of 27 Existing Designated Securities (with effect from 12 February 2009)

STOCK CODEENGLISH SHORT NAME
1.86SUN HUNG KAI CO
2.86TAI CHEUNG HOLD
3.116CHOW SANG SANG
4.119POLY HK INV
5.157NATURAL BEAUTY
6.163EMPEROR IHL
7.175GEELY AUTO
8.251SEA HOLDINGS
9.258TOMSON GROUP
10.282NEXT MEDIA
11.289WING ON CO
12.315SMARTONE TELE
13.382WELLING HOLDING
14.393GLORIOUS SUN
15.457O2MICRO
16.662ASIA FINANCIAL
17.828DYNASTY WINES
18.1083TOWNGAS CHINA
19.1177SINO BIOPHARM
20.1221SINO HOTELS
21.1882HAITIAN INT’L
22.1889WUYI PHARMA
23.2008PHOENIX TV
24.2387IDS
25.2877SHINEWAY PHARM
26.3398CHINA TING
27.3868QUNXING PAPER

This newsletter is intended as a summary only of the changes to the list of designated securities for short selling set out in the Exchange’s press release dated 5 February 2009. For a complete list of designated securities for short selling, reference should be made to the Exchange’s website.

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