Receipts attached 3 sources

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  1. Other source

    Final offer price and allotment results announcement, Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (2636)

    HKEXnews / Shenzhen Transsion Holdings

    Offer price, cap, share split, proceeds, subscription levels, placee concentration, cornerstones, stabilization.

  2. Other source

    TRANSSION(02636) ends down 5.72% at HK$33.28

    ET Net News Agency

    Open, range, close, turnover, lot loss, A-share close and premium.

  3. Other source

    TRANSSION (02636.HK): H Shares Debut on Main Board at HKD 35.30

    NewTimeSpace

    Opening quote, offer structure, brands, first-half 2026 results.

Limits

Trading figures for October 15 (open, range, close, turnover, A-share close and the 69.02% A-H premium) come from ET Net News Agency; HKEX trading data were not retrieved directly. First-half 2026 revenue and profit figures are company data reported by NewTimeSpace, not independent estimates. Whether the stabilizing manager has bought shares, or will exercise the over-allotment option, is undisclosed as of October 18. The analysis section is the site's opinion, not a forecast of the share price.

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Transsion’s Hong Kong shares closed 5.7% below their HK$35.30 offer price on day one. The company’s own allotment filing shows modest cover and heavy reliance on a small group of large buyers.

The Transsion Hong Kong debut on October 15, 2026 ended with H shares closing at HK$33.28, 5.72% below an offer price at the bottom of its HK$35.30 to HK$38.80 range. A board lot lost HK$202 before costs, per ET Net and the HKEX filing.

The main caveat is that one session says little about value: Transsion is profitable, its Shanghai-listed A shares barely moved that day, and the stabilizing manager can still buy shares to support the price until mid-November. What the first day does show is how little appetite there was at the top of the range.

What the filing shows about the Transsion Hong Kong debut

The final offer price and allotment results announcement filed on October 14 sets the price at HK$35.30 per H share, against a maximum of HK$38.80, which puts the final price 9.0% below the cap. The company sold 86,648,300 H shares before any over-allotment, split 8,664,900 for the Hong Kong public offer and 77,983,400 for the international tranche. Gross proceeds were HK$3,058.7 million and net proceeds HK$2,968.0 million after HK$90.7 million in estimated listing expenses.

Demand was positive but not heavy. The public offer drew 13,981 valid applications and was 4.46 times subscribed, while the international offering, placed with 51 placees, was 2.55 times covered. Pool A had 13,957 successful applicants, so nearly everyone who applied in the retail pool received shares. In a hot deal, most applicants get nothing.

Cornerstone investors, including GIC and E Fund, took 35,282,900 shares, or 40.72% of the offer shares, and are locked up for six months. The filing also shows the top 10 placees took 66,906,700 shares, equal to 85.80% of the international tranche before over-allotment, and the top 25 took more than the whole tranche once over-allocated shares are counted.

The first trading day in numbers

According to ET Net News Agency on October 15, the stock opened at HK$34.96, 1% under the offer price, traded between HK$32.72 and HK$34.96, and closed at HK$33.28. Turnover was 11.48 million shares worth HK$390.91 million, which is about 13% of the shares sold in the offering. The shares never traded above the offer price during the session.

The same ET Net report said Transsion’s A shares in Shanghai closed at RMB48.20, down 0.2%, leaving them at a 69.02% premium to the new H shares. NewTimeSpace reported the same opening quote and offer structure. Large A-H gaps are common for mainland companies, since the two markets have different investor bases and capital rules, so the gap is not by itself a sign that either price is wrong.

The business behind the listing is not in trouble. Transsion sells TECNO, Infinix and itel phones mainly in Africa, South Asia and other emerging markets, and NewTimeSpace, citing company data, reported first-half 2026 revenue of RMB35.431 billion, up 21.85% year on year, with net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB1.773 billion, up 46.22%. Those are company figures, not independent estimates.

Analysis: a floor-priced deal still broke

This site earlier reported that Transsion had capped its offer price; the debut result is the new development. In our view, the lesson is about structure rather than the company. When a deal is priced at the floor of its range, the retail pool is filled almost one for one, and ten buyers hold most of the institutional book, there is little natural buying left for the first morning. Even the bottom of the range did not draw new money.

The cornerstone lock-up removes 40.72% of the offer shares from the float until April, which helps. The stabilizing manager, CLSA, can also support the price until the period ends, which the filing ties to November 11, 2026. That support is optional, and the filing warns that demand and price may fall after it ends. For investors weighing the H shares, the A-share discount is the obvious attraction, but it has existed at many dual-listed names for years without closing.

For the Hong Kong exchange, Transsion is a reminder that a familiar mainland name does not guarantee a first-day pop. In our view, a familiar name did not secure a first-day gain here. The A shares, for their part, fell nine fen.