[This Week's IPO] August First Week Demand Forecast and Subscription Schedule

In the first week of this month (August), Victory Contents and Nexteel will conduct demand forecasting for institutional investors. Cots Technology and Curiox Biosystems are preparing for general subscription.

◆Victory Contents= Established in 2003, Victory Contents (formerly Bigtents) is a drama production company that has presented numerous excellent contents such as "What Happened in Bali," "War of Money," and "The Great Queen Seondeok." Its latest work is the KBS weekend drama "The Real Has Appeared," which records around 20% viewership per episode.

The total number of shares offered is 468,200, with a desired public offering price band of 21,000 to 23,000 KRW per share. The total amount to be raised based on the upper limit of the price band is approximately 10.7 billion KRW. The funds raised through the offering will be used as contract money for continuous content development through new drama production and for recruiting excellent writers and directors. Demand forecasting for institutional investors will be conducted over five business days until the 3rd, with the final public offering price to be confirmed, followed by general subscription on the 7th and 8th, aiming for listing. The lead underwriter is NH Investment & Securities.

◆Nexteel= Nexteel, a comprehensive steel pipe manufacturing company, specializes in producing steel pipes for Oil & Gas energy industry pipes, pipes for transporting water and steam, and structural/machine structural steel pipes used in shipbuilding, wind power, and construction. It procures hot-rolled coils (HR-coil), the raw material for steel pipes, from POSCO and others to produce top-quality steel pipes.

The total number of shares offered is 7 million, with a desired public offering price range of 11,500 to 12,500 KRW. The total offering size is expected to be 80.5 billion to 87.5 billion KRW, with an estimated market capitalization of 299 billion to 325 billion KRW. Demand forecasting for institutional investors will be conducted over two days on August 2nd and 3rd to finalize the public offering price, with the general subscription period on the 9th and 10th. The listing underwriter is Hana Securities.

◆Cots Technology= The expected public offering price is 10,000 to 11,500 KRW, with a total offering amount of 10 billion to 11.5 billion KRW. A total of 1 million shares will be offered in this listing. Demand forecasting was conducted over two days on the 26th and 27th, and general subscription will take place on August 1st and 2nd, aiming for a KOSDAQ listing on August 10th. The listing underwriter is Korea Investment & Securities.

Cots Technology, established in May 1999, is an embedded solutions company leading the localization of the defense industry. Since then, it has recruited top-level researchers and developers in the industry to develop proprietary embedded systems and produces single-board computers and military display devices that meet defense standards such as temperature, humidity, vibration, and shock.

◆Curiox Biosystems= The total number of shares offered is 1.4 million, with a desired public offering price band of 13,000 to 16,000 KRW, amounting to approximately 18.2 billion to 22.4 billion KRW. Demand forecasting was conducted on the 27th and 28th, with subscription scheduled for August 1st and 2nd, aiming for a KOSDAQ listing within August. The lead underwriter is Kiwoom Securities.

Founded in 2018, Curiox is a first mover that overcame the limitations of manual centrifuge technology and simultaneously succeeded in automating and commercializing the world's first non-centrifugal cell analysis process. With innovative technology never seen before, it plans to create new markets and drive explosive growth by presenting standards that resonate in the global market.

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