Llinks Advised on the First A-Shares Issues by Foreign-Controlled Company

On March 9, 2001, Shanghai Matsuoka Co., Ltd., a company limited by shares indirectly controlled by foreign investors, publicly offered its 81,000,000 A-shares. They were listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange on 28 March 2001. It is the first foreign-controlled company issuing A-shares in China since 1995. Llinks advised the issuer on this deal.