The initial public offering of SK Hynix in the United States officially began with an ADR offering valued at around US$28 billion. The operation aims to capitalize on investor interest in the memory chip business linked to artificial intelligence.
According to the documentation submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the South Korean company expects its ADRs to start trading on July 10 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol SKHY.

How the SK Hynix IPO will unfold in the United States
According to the documentation submitted to the SEC, SK Hynix will offer approximately 17.79 million American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), equivalent to one-tenth of a common share each.
The operation is valued at around US$28 billion, based on the closing price recorded by the company on the Seoul Stock Exchange last Friday.
If it proceeds as planned, the offering will rank among the three largest IPOs in history and will rival Saudi Aramco's IPO in 2019, which reached US$29.4 billion.

Investor interest in artificial intelligence chips
The SK Hynix IPO comes amid strong interest in companies involved in developing infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
According to Bloomberg, the offering has already received orders exceeding the number of available ADRs. Baillie Gifford, Coatue Management, and Situational Awareness Partners have expressed interest in acquiring shares worth up to US$7 billion.











