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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Shanghai Inventory Change stated it would probe Zhejiang King Co Ltd after the Chinese language maker of air conditioners halted its preliminary public providing (IPO) amid media studies about alleged points such because the overpricing of shares.

The probe comes as China’s securities regulators have tightened their scrutiny of IPOs and slowed the tempo of share gross sales as a part of efforts to revitalise a flagging inventory market.

Zhejiang King on Saturday stated it would droop the brand new share subscription process initially scheduled on Monday due to the media studies, with out specifying the character of these studies.

In a press release issued late on Saturday in response to media inquiries about Zhejiang King’s IPO that embody allegations of overpricing of shares and that the corporate tried to checklist the identical belongings twice, the Shanghai Inventory Change stated it’s conscious of the media allegations and that it’s going to launch a focused investigation into the agency.

Zhejiang King stated in its prospectus printed final month that belongings associated to its air conditioner enterprise had been not directly acquired from a unique listed air conditioner firm by way of a sequence of asset restructuring schemes.

Zhejiang King stated final month it aimed to lift 2.38 billion yuan ($325.98 million) at 68.07 yuan per share.

The corporate priced its IPO at 51.29 occasions 2022 earnings, and its listed friends commerce at 27.8 occasions earnings on common in response to the China Securities Index Co, Zhejiang King stated within the prospectus.

($1 = 7.3010 renminbi)