
Eyewear and Accessories, Optical Instruments R&D, Sales
On January 27, Shanghai Conant Optical Technology Group Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 2276.HK) (hereinafter referred to as "Conant Optical" or "the Company") announced the launch of a new share placement on the Hong Kong stock market. The placement price is HK$52 per share, and the total proceeds from the placement are approximately HK$1.404 billion.Huatai International acted as the overall coordinator and joint placement agent in this placement issuance.
This placement represents the first optoelectronics sector placement project in the Hong Kong stock market for the year 2026, and holds distinct significance as an industry benchmark. As a core enabler in the global technology field, Huatai International has consistently focused on the full lifecycle growth needs of technology companies. It has deeply participated in and witnessed the transformative journeys of numerous high-quality technology enterprises — from technological iteration to scale expansion, and from local market cultivation to global strategic deployment. Leveraging its global network, comprehensive capital service capabilities, and profound industry insights, Huatai International provided the company with tailored capital operation and integrated service solutions, supporting its technological innovation and industrial upgrading.

Relying on a profound understanding of the optics sector and capital market investment preferences, Huatai fully leveraged its domestic and overseas sales network advantages in this placement. It efficiently organized and precisely reached global core investors. After the placement was launched, it quickly garnered widespread attention and active participation from multiple long-term funds, top-tier asset management institutions, and multi-strategy funds. The orders were geographically diverse, with a variety of investor types and a significant proportion of professional institutions, reflecting high-quality order fundamentals. Amidst continuously rising market subscription sentiment, the book was fully covered, and the issuance scale had room for upward adjustment. This fully demonstrated international investors' high recognition of the company’s fundamentals and long-term development prospects, while once again highlighting Huatai's leading advantages in attracting high-quality institutional investors, connecting with international capital, and executing sales under complex issuance environments. The successful completion of this placement not only provided Conant Optics with solid financial support for its XR intelligent optics business and smart manufacturing layout but also accelerated its technology research and development, capacity expansion, and business growth. Moreover, it played a key role in strengthening market confidence and optimizing the capital structure.
This in-depth cooperation with Conant Optics not only fully demonstrates Hua Tai's excellent capability to serve leading enterprises in niche industries, highlights its professional service ability and resource integration advantages in the optical field, but also emphasizes its core driving role in the development process of emerging industries such as XR. In the future, Hua Tai will continue to deepen its presence in the technology sector, continuously enhance its professional service level, and consistently empower the development of emerging industries like XR, using professional financial strength to support high-quality economic development in China.
About "Conant"
Conant is a global leading provider of resin eyeglass lenses products and services. According to 2024 sales revenue, Conant ranks fifth in sales revenue and second in sales volume in the global resin lens market, being the only Chinese enterprise among the top ten global market participants.
The company's products cover traditional lenses such as single vision, astigmatism, aspherical, multifocal, and photochromic lenses, as well as high-end vision solutions for smart glasses and XR headsets. These products are exported to more than 90 countries and regions, including Europe, America, and Southeast Asia, serving a massive global customer base. In the future, the company will focus on research and development and product innovation in the field of intelligent optics, continuously promoting the deep integration of optical technology with artificial intelligence and smart hardware. It is committed to building a world-leading Chinese optical brand and breaking the monopoly of international brands in the high-end optical field.
Reprint: Huatai International Official WeChat
