Dalian Wanda Ordered to Pay Suning $258 Million Over Failed IPO
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30
Dalian Wanda Ordered to Pay Suning $258 Million Over Failed IPO
1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30
Summary
A Nanjing court ordered Dalian Wanda Group to pay Suning.Com 1.75 billion yuan, or about $258 million, ending a years-long dispute tied to a shelved property-management listing.
The ruling requires Wanda to refund the remaining amount from Suning’s 2018 pre-IPO investment in Wanda’s commercial property management arm after that planned flotation was scrapped.
Suning said in a regulatory filing Monday that the court dismissed its other claims, narrowing the outcome to repayment of the outstanding investment balance.
The case closes a long-running fallout from Wanda’s abandoned IPO plan and underscores the legal risks around pre-listing fundraising when major Chinese offerings fail to proceed.