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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Co Ltd has appointed Morgan Stanleyand JP Morganto finalize plans for its long-awaited IPO in Hong Kong, aiming to raise up to $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter, sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

This is Rongsheng’s latest bid to go public after it failed to raise more than $2 billion from a planned IPO in Hong Kong in 2008, mainly as a result of the global financial crisis.

Rongsheng"s early main shareholders included an Asia investment arm of Goldman Sachs, U.S. hedge fund D.E. Shaw and New Horizon, a China fund founded by the son of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

The three investors sold off their stakes in Rongsheng for a profit early this year, said the sources familiar with the situation. Representatives for the banks, funds and Rongsheng all declined to comment.

Rongsheng’s revived IPO plan comes at a challenging time. Smaller domestic rival, New Century Shipbuilding, slashed its Singapore IPO in half last week, planning to raise up to $560 million from the originally planned $1.24 billion due to weak market conditions.

Given uncertainty in the global shipbuilding business environment as well as growing concerns over a huge flow of fund-raising events in Hong Kong, investment bankers suggest the potential size for Rongsheng could be $1 billion to $1.5 billion, according to the sources.

Rongsheng is seeking to tap capital markets to fund fast growth and aims to catch up with bigger state-owned rivals such as Guangzhou Shipyard International Co Ltd.

Rongsheng won a $484 million deal to build four ships for Oman Shipping Co last year. The vessels would carry exports from an iron ore pellet plant in northern Oman which is expected to begin production in the second half of 2010.

SHANGHAI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - China Rongsheng, the country’s largest private shipbuilder, has secured a cash lifeline that could be worth up to HK$3.23 billion dollars and is looking to change its name to reflect its shift into oil exploration.

Shares in heavily indebted Rongsheng, which were suspended on Aug. 29 after the company said it was in the process of restructuring, surged almost 17 percent higher after trading resumed on Thursday. They reversed gains, and were down 3.7 pct by 0217 GMT.

Rongsheng said late on Wednesday it would issue warrants worth HK$510 million to a Cayman Islands-incorporated investment firm wholly owned by private equity investor Wang Ping, which would entitle subscribers to buy up to 1.7 billion new shares at HK$1.60 each.

This would raise about HK$3.23 billion for Rongsheng, it said. A warrant entitles the holder to buy stock from the issuer at a specific price within a time frame.

The price of the new shares is at a 17.65 percent premium to Rongsheng’s closing price of HK$1.36 per share on Aug. 28, when it last previously traded. It said the subscription shares represent 19.36 percent of the firm’s issued share capital.

Rongsheng, which builds Brazilian miner’s Vale mega-iron ore carriers, came close to insolvency last year before clinching an agreement with banks to extend its loans until end-2015.

As one of the Jiangsu region’s largest employers, the firm has received copious support from the government, which is currently helping Rongsheng with its restructuring.

Rongsheng also said it had signed a debt agreement with a syndicate of domestic banks in Anhui province that would extend its debt payments to the end of 2015.

The firm, which bought a 60 percent stake in an oil exploration company in Kyrgyzstan, also said it was proposing to change its name to China Huarong Energy Company to reflect its expansion into the energy service sector to counter the slump in the shipbuilding industry.

The company, which on Oct. 17 posted a net loss of 3.36 billion yuan ($549.6 million) for the first nine months of the year, said four out of five new oil wells in its Kyrgyzstan project have received satisfactory results in oil production.

Rongsheng has been one of the most prolific casualties of the global shipping slump. The industry is still trying to shake off a glut of ships ordered before the crisis which has sunk freight rates and caused many shipbuilding orders to be delayed or cancelled. ($1 = 7.7552 Hong Kong dollar) ($1 = 6.1136 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Miral Fahmy)

(Bloomberg) — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd., once the country’s largest private shipyard, said it will not proceed with a proposed warrant sale after a potential investor who pledged as much as HK$3.2 billion ($413 million) was detained.

Wang Ping, owner of private-equity firm Kingwin Victory Investment Ltd., was detained last month on criminal allegations unrelated to the deal, according to people with knowledge of the matter. They asked not to be named because the move hasn’t been made public.

Wang’s detention occurred days before China Rongsheng shareholders are to meet March 13 to vote on the investment by Kingwin Victory. The firm agreed in October to pay at least HK$510 million for warrants Rongsheng is selling, and its total investment could reach HK$3.2 billion.

Rongsheng “has no information as to the details of the incident and has been unable to contact Mr. Wang Ping, which casts doubt” on Kingwin Victory’s ability to follow through on the investment by the March 31 deadline, Rongsheng said Wednesday in a statement to the Hong Kong Exchange.

The Beijing Public Security Bureau didn’t immediately respond to a faxed request for comment, and Wang couldn’t immediately be reached. Shares of the company fell as much as 8.1 percent in Hong Kong trade to HK$0.68 on Thursday, down from more than HK$8 in 2011. It was down 5.4 percent as of 9.35 a.m. local time.

Rongsheng has run into financial trouble amid competition with state-owned yards that have government backing and easier access to financing. The company is also seeking investment in its Jiangsu shipyard and bought a stake in an oilfield in Kyrgyzstan as part of efforts to restructure its business.

Shanghai-based Rongsheng said last August it’s entering the energy business and is issuing new shares so it can buy a 60 percent stake in a Kyrgyzstan oilfield. It later said it’s seeking to identify new investment opportunities outside China, including in Central Asia.

Canada Capital Energy Corporation (CCEC), whose corporate office is in Vancouver, closed a private equity investment with China’s Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group in December, CCEC announced January 6.

CCEC is a private oil and gas development and exploration company with operations in Saskatchewan. Its focus is light oil and liquids-rich natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

The amount of the investment is undisclosed, but Robert Giles, CCEC’s VP business development, told Business in Vancouver it is one of the biggest investments the company has had.

Bruce Hong, CCEC CEO, said, “Rongsheng’s track record of value creation in all of its business segments and its approach to partnership make them a great fit with CCEC’s team and existing shareholder, the ZhongRong Group.”

Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group, based in Hangzhou, has also committed further equity capital for future investments in CCEC to support acquisitions and organic growth.

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Established in 1989 and located at Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group Co Ltd has developed into a modern business group that excels in areas such as petrochemicals, chemical fibers, real estate and financial investment. It ranks 176th on the list of China’s Top 500 Enterprises, and 34th in China Top 100 Private Enterprises.

In the real estate industry, the group has established two major sectors: Shengyuan Real Estate and Ningbo United. Combining real estate development and the leisure industry, Rongsheng has successfully developed several classic projects such as Xianghu No 1, Liangzhu Cutural Park.

In financial investment, Rongsheng has invested in several commercial financial institutions, and actively engaged in the fields of modern medical treatment, bulk commodities and intellectualization.

Rongsheng group has established several listed companies, including Rongsheng Petrochemical and Ningbo United, covering the petrochemical and real estate industries.

Rongsheng insists on innovative development. Currently, the group has built various technological and scientific innovation platforms such as high-tech research and development centers, a workstation for academicians and experts, an enterprise technology center and a post-doctorate science and research workstation.

Cooperative relationships with Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University and Tianjin Polytechnic University have been formed. A research and development (R&D) team was also established, gathering experts from many countries and regions. In recent years, Rongsheng group has made fruitful achievements in developing new products and new technology.

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Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries has raised about HKD$14bn ($1.8bn) in its initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Rongsheng will use part of the sale proceeds to fund its shipbuilding and offshore engineering businesses, and to repay loans, according to lloydslist.com.