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China Auto Rental withdraws $127 million US IPO

May 24, 2012

China Auto Rental, which operates the largest car rental service in China, withdrew its plans for an initial public offering on Thursday. The Beijing-based company had postponed its $127 million IPO on April 24. China Auto Rental has 26,000 cars in its fleet and saw revenue surge 443% to $123 million in 2011. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch were set to be the joint bookrunners on the deal.