Pharmaceutical firm HLB plans to move to main bourse from KOSDAQ

Pharmaceutical firm HLB Co. said Wednesday it plans to list its shares on the main bourse, defecting from the secondary KOSDAQ market.

HLB has signed a contract with Korea Investment & Securities Co. to move to the Korea Exchange, the company said in a regulatory filing, without elaborating on when it will list its shares on the main bourse.

HLB is the sixth-largest company on the KOSDAQ in terms of market capitalization and worth about 4 trillion won (US$3 billion).

Source: Yonhap News Agency