Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's biggest state-owned company, kicked off the first stage of its initial share sale on Wednesday with an auction aimed at determining the price at which the shares will be sold to the public.
The company is auctioning 3% of itself, or 289 million shares, with a base price of NT$104 $3.23, says Steve Chen, a manager in the underwriting department of Chinatrust Commercial Bank, which is arranging the sale. The auction will run until August 19. The results will be announced August 25.
Chunghwa plans to sell 3.2 billion shares, or 33% of the company this year and an additional 33% in 2001, Chen says. The government plans...
