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(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 01333)
DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION
DEEMED DISPOSAL AND TRANSFER OF EQUITY INTEREST
IN LIAONING ZHONGWANG
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INTRODUCTION
The Board is pleased to announce that: - Liaoning Zhongwang Superior Fabrication Investment Limited* (''Zhongwang Fabrication''), Liaoning Zhongwang Group Co., Ltd.* (''Liaoning Zhongwang'') and National Civil-Military Integration Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd.* (''Fund I'') entered into the Capital Contribution Agreement dated 30 October 2019, pursuant to which, among other things, Fund I agreed to contribute RMB1.0 billion in cash to Liaoning Zhongwang;
- Zhongwang Fabrication, Liaoning Zhongwang and Jiaxing Liding Changhao Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise (Limited Partnership)* (''Fund II'') entered into the Equity Transfer Agreement I dated 30 October 2019, pursuant to which, among other things, Zhongwang Fabrication agreed to sell, and Fund II agreed to purchase, approximately 3.45% of equity interests in Liaoning Zhongwang at the consideration of RMB1.0 billion; and
- Zhongwang Fabrication, Liaoning Zhongwang and Zibo Yingke Baiyao Pioneer Investment Partnership Enterprise (Limited Partnership)* (''Fund III'') entered into the Equity Transfer Agreement II dated 30 October 2019, pursuant to which, among other things, Zhongwang Fabrication agreed to sell, and Fund III agreed to purchase, approximately 3.45% of equity interests in Liaoning Zhongwang at the consideration of RMB1.0 billion.
Zhongwang Fabrication, Fund I, Fund II and Fund III also entered into the Shareholders' Agreement on the same date.
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II. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
The principal terms and conditions of the Capital Contribution Agreement are set out below:
1. | Date: | 30 October 2019 | |
2. | Parties: | (a) | Zhongwang Fabrication; |
(b) | Liaoning Zhongwang; and | ||
(c) | Fund I | ||
To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information | |||
and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, as at | |||
the date of the Capital Contribution Agreement, Fund I | |||
and its ultimate beneficial owners are third parties | |||
independent of the Company and its connected persons. | |||
3. | Subject Matter: | Upon the completion of the Capital Contribution, the | |
registered capital of Liaoning Zhongwang would be | |||
increased to USD2,312,750,000 and the shareholding | |||
percentage of Fund I in Liaoning Zhongwang would be | |||
approximately 3.45%. | |||
4. | Amount of Capital | RMB1.0 billion. Such amount of the Capital | |
Contribution: | Contribution and Fund I's shareholding percentage in | ||
Liaoning Zhongwang upon the completion of the | |||
Capital Contribution was determined after arm's length | |||
negotiation between the parties to the Capital |
Contribution Agreement with reference to the valuation (the ''Valuation'') of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning Zhongwang, i.e. RMB28.0 billion, as at 30 June 2019 (the ''Valuation Base Date'').
Fund I shall make the payment of the Capital
Contribution to the bank account designated by
Liaoning Zhongwang pursuant to the Capital
Contribution Agreement on the Closing Date for
Capital Contribution.
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5. Valuation Method and | The Valuation is agreed | by the parties to the Capital | |
Adjustment: | Contribution | Agreement | with reference to the audited |
net assets of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning | |||
Zhongwang after netting off the proposed dividend | |||
distribution (i.e. RMB6.0 billion) to be made to | |||
Zhongwang | Fabrication | (i.e. RMB27.7 billion, the |
''Net Assets Reference'') as at Valuation Base Date, as well as the assumption that the proposed disposal consideration of the Excluded Assets is not less than RMB4.6 billion.
If the disposal of the Excluded Assets is implemented after the completion of the Deemed Disposal and the disposal price is lower than RMB4.6 billion, Zhongwang Fabrication shall compensate Fund I for the shortfall against RMB4.6 billion, in which case:
The compensation amount = (RMB4.6 billion - actual disposal consideration of the Excluded Assets) × Fund I's shareholding percentage in Liaoning Zhongwang upon the completion of the Deemed Disposal × (the Valuation/Net Assets Reference).
Fund I is entitled to request Liaoning Zhongwang to | ||
engage an auditor to audit the corresponding net assets | ||
of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning Zhongwang as | ||
at the Valuation Base Date. The Guarantors shall assure | ||
that the audited net assets of 100% equity interest in | ||
Liaoning Zhongwang (the ''Adjusted Net Assets'') as | ||
at Valuation Base Date after deduction of a dividend of | ||
RMB6.0 billion are not less than the Net Assets | ||
Reference, or otherwise Zhongwang Fabrication agreed | ||
and undertook to make cash compensation to Liaoning | ||
Zhongwang of the difference between the above- | ||
mentioned Adjusted Net Assets and Net Assets | ||
Reference. | ||
6. | Dividend Distribution | As Liaoning Zhongwang plans to distribute a cash |
dividend of RMB6.0 billion to Zhongwang Fabrication, | ||
such dividend distribution shall be made in a way not | ||
to disturb the daily operation of Liaoning Zhongwang | ||
Group. Such dividend distribution shall be implemented | ||
in accordance with the receipt progress of the disposal | ||
consideration of the Excluded Assets. | ||
7. | Closing | The Closing Date for Capital Contribution shall not be |
later than the twentieth (20th) business day from the | ||
date on which all the conditions precedent are fulfilled | ||
or waived by Fund I. |
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Within ten (10) business days after the Closing Date for Capital Contribution, Liaoning Zhongwang shall obtain the new business license and filing documents of the articles of association in relation to the completion by Liaoning Zhongwang of registration change of the Capital Contribution with the administration for industry and commerce, and shall deliver the copies of the business license and the filing documents to Fund I on the completion date of the registration.
8. Conditions precedent | The | payment of the | Capital Contribution is subject to | |||
the fulfilment or waiver by Fund I in writing of the | ||||||
following conditions: | ||||||
(1) | All | parties has | obtained all external and internal | |||
approvals required for the completion of the | ||||||
Capital Contribution, including the approval by | ||||||
Liaoning Zhongwang's shareholders of the | ||||||
proposed disposal of the Excluded Assets; | ||||||
(2) | The | investment committee or its equivalent of | ||||
Fund I has resolved to approve the Capital | ||||||
Contribution and the obligations under the | ||||||
transaction documents; | ||||||
(3) | The | Guarantors shall have signed necessary | ||||
documents (including but not limited to the Capital | ||||||
Contribution | Agreement, | the | Shareholders' | |||
Agreement and articles of association); | ||||||
(4) | The articles of association of Liaoning Zhongwang | |||||
with necessary updates for the Capital Contribution | ||||||
has been officially approved and signed by | ||||||
Zhongwang Fabrication in accordance with | ||||||
applicable laws | and the prevailing | and effective |
articles of association of Liaoning Zhongwang, and such approval remains legal and valid at the Closing Date for Capital Contribution;
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(5) The employees of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, including key employees, have terminated part- time employment and other labor service relationships, financial aid, incentives or rewards and other relationship of interest with the companies and entities controlled by the Company other than Liaoning Zhongwang Group, and the personnel of Liaoning Zhongwang Group have maintained continuous stability prior to the
Closing for Capital Contribution; | |||||||||
(6) | As | of | the | Closing | Date | for | Capital | Contribution, | |
none of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, Zhongwang | |||||||||
Fabrication or their de facto controllers has | |||||||||
undergone any material adverse changes or been | |||||||||
materially and adversely affected; | |||||||||
(7) | As | of | the | Closing | Date | for | Capital | Contribution, | |
there are no laws or government orders that impose | |||||||||
any restriction over or injunction against the | |||||||||
Capital Contribution; and | |||||||||
(8) Each Guarantor has signed and delivered the | |||||||||
confirmation letter in relation to the confirmation | |||||||||
of the fulfilment of all the conditions precedent of | |||||||||
the Capital Contribution at the time of the Closing | |||||||||
for Capital Contribution to Fund I. | |||||||||
9. Undertakings by | The Guarantors undertook to Fund I on the following | ||||||||
Guarantors | matters | after | the Closing | for Capital | Contribution, | ||||
including regulating the internal control of Liaoning | |||||||||
Zhongwang Group, restricting the competition between | |||||||||
shareholders of Liaoning Zhongwang and Liaoning | |||||||||
Zhongwang Group, maintaining the daily operation of | |||||||||
Liaoning | Zhongwang | Group, | maintaining | the |
independence of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, obtaining the certificate of high-tech enterprise, business qualifications, real estate property certificates and intellectual property certificates, complying with laws, regulating the labor and human resources of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, regulating connected transactions of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, disposing of the Excluded Assets, regulating the internal governance of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, meeting the requirements of the Qualified Listing, etc.
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III. EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT I
The principal terms and conditions of the Equity Transfer Agreement I are set out below:
1. | Date: | 30 October 2019 | |
2. | Parties: | (a) | Zhongwang Fabrication; |
(b) | Liaoning Zhongwang; and | ||
(c) | Fund II | ||
To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information | |||
and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, as at | |||
the date of the Equity Transfer Agreement I, Fund II | |||
and its ultimate beneficial owners are third parties | |||
independent of the Company and its connected persons. | |||
3. | Subject Matter: | Approximately 3.45% equity interest in Liaoning | |
Zhongwang. | |||
4. | Consideration: | RMB1.0 billion. Such amount was determined after | |
arm's length negotiation between the parties to the | |||
Equity Transfer Agreement I with reference to the | |||
valuation of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning | |||
Zhongwang, i.e. RMB28.0 billion, as at 30 June 2019. | |||
Fund II shall make the payment to the bank account | |||
designated by Zhongwang Fabrication pursuant to the | |||
Equity Transfer Agreement I on the Closing Date for | |||
Equity Transfer I. | |||
5. | Valuation Method and | The Valuation is agreed by the parties to the Equity | |
Adjustment: | Transfer Agreement I with reference to the audited net | ||
assets of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning | |||
Zhongwang after netting off the proposed dividend | |||
distribution (i.e. RMB6.0 billion) to be made to | |||
Zhongwang Fabrication (i.e. RMB27.7 billion) as at | |||
Valuation Base Date, as well as the assumption that the |
proposed disposal consideration of the Excluded Assets is not less than RMB4.6 billion.
If the disposal of the Excluded Assets is implemented after the completion of the Equity Transfer I and the disposal price is lower than RMB4.6 billion, Zhongwang Fabrication shall compensate Fund II for the shortfall against RMB4.6 billion, in which case:
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The compensation amount = (RMB4.6 billion - actual | ||
disposal consideration of the Excluded Assets) × Fund | ||
II's shareholding percentage in Liaoning Zhongwang | ||
upon the completion of the Equity Transfer I × (the | ||
Valuation/Net Assets Reference) | ||
Fund II is entitled to request Liaoning Zhongwang to | ||
engage an auditor to audit the corresponding net assets | ||
of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning Zhongwang as | ||
at the Valuation Base Date. The Guarantors shall assure | ||
that the audited net assets of 100% equity interest in | ||
Liaoning Zhongwang (the ''Adjusted Net Assets'') as | ||
at Valuation Base Date after deduction of a dividend of | ||
RMB6.0 billion are not less than the Net Assets | ||
Reference, or otherwise Zhongwang Fabrication agreed | ||
and undertook to make cash compensation to Liaoning | ||
Zhongwang of the difference between the above- | ||
mentioned Adjusted Net Assets and Net Assets | ||
Reference. | ||
6. | Dividend Distribution | As Liaoning Zhongwang plans to distribute a cash |
dividend of RMB6.0 billion to Zhongwang Fabrication, | ||
such dividend distribution shall be made in a way not | ||
to disturb the daily operation of Liaoning Zhongwang | ||
Group. Such dividend distribution shall be implemented | ||
in accordance with the receipt progress of the disposal | ||
consideration of the Excluded Assets. | ||
7. | Closing | The Closing Date for Equity Transfer I shall not be |
later than the twentieth (20th) business day from the |
date on which all the conditions precedent are fulfilled or waived by Fund II.
Within ten (10) business days after the Closing Date for Equity Transfer I, Liaoning Zhongwang shall obtain the new business license and filing documents of the articles of association in relation to the completion by Liaoning Zhongwang of registration change of the Equity Transfer I with the administration for industry and commerce, and shall deliver the copies of the business license and the filing documents to Fund II on the completion date of the registration.
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8. Conditions precedent | The consideration payment of the Equity Transfer I is | |||||
subject to the fulfilment or waiver by Fund II in writing | ||||||
of the following conditions: | ||||||
(1) | All parties has obtained all external and internal | |||||
approvals required for the completion of the Equity | ||||||
Transfer I, including the approval by Liaoning | ||||||
Zhongwang's shareholders of the proposed disposal | ||||||
of the Excluded Assets; | ||||||
(2) The | investment | committee or | its | equivalent | of | |
Fund II has resolved to approve the Equity | ||||||
Transfer I and the obligations under the transaction | ||||||
documents; | ||||||
(3) | All parties shall have signed necessary documents | |||||
(including but not limited to the Equity Transfer | ||||||
Agreement I, the Shareholders' Agreement and | ||||||
articles of association); | ||||||
(4) | The articles of association of Liaoning Zhongwang | |||||
with necessary updates for the Equity Transfer I | ||||||
has been officially approved and signed by | ||||||
Zhongwang Fabrication in accordance with | ||||||
applicable laws and the prevailing and effective | ||||||
articles of association of Liaoning Zhongwang, and | ||||||
such approval remains legal and valid at the | ||||||
Closing Date for Equity Transfer I; | ||||||
(5) | As of the Closing Date for Equity Transfer I, none | |||||
of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, Zhongwang | ||||||
Fabrication or their de facto controllers has | ||||||
undergone any material adverse changes or been | ||||||
materially and adversely affected; | ||||||
(6) | As of the Closing Date for Equity Transfer I, there | |||||
are no laws or government orders that impose any | ||||||
restriction over or injunction against the Equity | ||||||
Transfer I; and | ||||||
(7) Each | Guarantor | has signed | and | delivered | the | |
confirmation letter in relation to the confirmation | ||||||
of the fulfilment of all the conditions precedent of |
the Equity Transfer I at the time of the Closing for Equity Transfer I to Fund II.
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9. Undertakings by | The Guarantors undertook to Fund II on the following |
Guarantors | matters after the Closing for Equity Transfer I, |
including regulating the internal control of Liaoning | |
Zhongwang Group, restricting the competition between | |
shareholders of Liaoning Zhongwang and Liaoning | |
Zhongwang Group, maintaining the daily operation of | |
Liaoning Zhongwang Group, maintaining the | |
independence of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, obtaining | |
the certificate of high-tech enterprise, business | |
qualifications, real estate property certificates and | |
intellectual property certificates, complying with laws, | |
regulating the labor and human resources of Liaoning | |
Zhongwang Group, regulating connected transactions of | |
Liaoning Zhongwang Group, disposing of the Excluded | |
Assets, regulating the internal governance of Liaoning | |
Zhongwang Group, meeting the requirements of the | |
Qualified Listing, etc. |
IV. EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT II
The principal terms and conditions of the Equity Transfer Agreement II are set out below:
1. | Date: | 30 October 2019 | |
2. | Parties: | (a) | Zhongwang Fabrication; |
(b) | Liaoning Zhongwang; and | ||
(c) | Fund III | ||
To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information | |||
and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, as at | |||
the date of the Equity Transfer Agreement II, Fund III | |||
and its ultimate beneficial owners are third parties | |||
independent of the Company and its connected persons. | |||
3. | Subject Matter: | Approximately 3.45% equity interest in Liaoning | |
Zhongwang. | |||
4. | Consideration: | RMB1.0 billion. Such amount was determined after | |
arm's length negotiation between the parties to the |
Equity Transfer Agreement II with reference to the valuation of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning Zhongwang, i.e. RMB28.0 billion, as at 30 June 2019.
Fund III shall make the payment to the bank account designated by Zhongwang Fabrication pursuant to the Equity Transfer Agreement II on the Closing Date for Equity Transfer II.
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5. | Valuation Method and | The Valuation is agreed by the parties to the Equity |
Adjustment: | Transfer Agreement II with reference to the audited net | |
assets of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning | ||
Zhongwang after netting off the proposed dividend | ||
distribution (i.e. RMB6.0 billion) to be made to | ||
Zhongwang Fabrication (i.e. RMB27.7 billion) as at | ||
Valuation Base Date, as well as the assumption that the | ||
proposed disposal consideration of the Excluded Assets | ||
is not less than RMB4.6 billion. | ||
If the disposal of the Excluded Assets is implemented | ||
after the completion of the Equity Transfer II and the | ||
disposal price is lower than RMB4.6 billion, | ||
Zhongwang Fabrication shall compensate Fund III for | ||
the shortfall against RMB4.6 billion, in which case: | ||
The compensation amount = (RMB4.6 billion - actual | ||
disposal consideration of the Excluded Assets) × Fund | ||
III's shareholding percentage in Liaoning Zhongwang | ||
upon the completion of the Equity Transfer II × (the | ||
Valuation/Net Assets Reference) | ||
Fund III is entitled to request Liaoning Zhongwang to | ||
engage an auditor to audit the corresponding net assets | ||
of the 100% equity interest in Liaoning Zhongwang as | ||
at the Valuation Base Date. The Guarantors shall assure | ||
that the audited net assets of 100% equity interest in | ||
Liaoning Zhongwang (the ''Adjusted Net Assets'') as | ||
at Valuation Base Date after deduction of a dividend of | ||
RMB6.0 billion are not less than the Net Assets | ||
Reference, or otherwise Zhongwang Fabrication agreed | ||
and undertook to make cash compensation to Liaoning | ||
Zhongwang of the difference between the above- | ||
mentioned Adjusted Net Assets and Net Assets | ||
Reference. | ||
6. | Dividend Distribution | As Liaoning Zhongwang plans to distribute a cash |
dividend of RMB6.0 billion to Zhongwang Fabrication, | ||
such dividend shall be made in a way not to disturb the | ||
daily operation of Liaoning Zhongwang Group. Such | ||
dividend distribution shall be implemented in | ||
accordance with the receipt progress of the disposal | ||
consideration of the Excluded Assets. | ||
7. | Closing | The Closing Date for Equity Transfer II shall not be |
later than the twentieth (20th) business day from the |
date on which all the conditions precedent are fulfilled or waived by Fund III.
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Within ten (10) business days after the Closing Date for Equity Transfer II, Liaoning Zhongwang shall obtain the new business license and filing documents of the articles of association in relation to the completion by Liaoning Zhongwang of registration change of the Equity Transfer II with the administration for industry and commerce, and shall deliver the copies of the business license and the filing documents to Fund III on the completion date of the registration.
8. Conditions precedent | The consideration payment of the Equity Transfer II is | |
subject to the fulfilment or waiver by Fund III in | ||
writing of the following conditions: | ||
(1) | All parties has obtained all external and internal | |
approvals required for the completion of the Equity | ||
Transfer II, including the approval by Liaoning | ||
Zhongwang's shareholders of the proposed disposal | ||
of the Excluded Assets; | ||
(2) The investment committee or its equivalent of | ||
Fund III has resolved to approve the Equity | ||
Transfer II and the obligations under the | ||
transaction documents; | ||
(3) | All parties shall have signed necessary documents | |
(including but not limited to the Equity Transfer | ||
Agreement II, the Shareholders' Agreement and | ||
articles of association); | ||
(4) | The articles of association of Liaoning Zhongwang | |
with necessary updates for the Equity Transfer II | ||
has been officially approved and signed by | ||
Zhongwang Fabrication in accordance with | ||
applicable laws and the prevailing and effective | ||
articles of association of Liaoning Zhongwang, and | ||
such approval remains legal and valid at the | ||
Closing Date for Equity Transfer II; | ||
(5) As of the Closing Date for Equity Transfer II, none | ||
of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, Zhongwang | ||
Fabrication or their de facto controllers has | ||
undergone any material adverse changes or been | ||
materially and adversely affected; | ||
(6) | As of the Closing Date for Equity Transfer II, | |
there are no laws or government orders that impose |
any restriction over or injunction against the Equity Transfer II; and
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(7) Each Guarantor has signed and delivered the | |||||
confirmation letter in relation to the confirmation | |||||
of the fulfilment of all the conditions precedent of | |||||
the Equity Transfer II at the time of the Closing | |||||
for Equity Transfer II to Fund III. | |||||
9. Undertakings by | The Guarantors undertook to Fund III on the following | ||||
Guarantors | matters after the Closing for Equity Transfer | II, | |||
including regulating the internal control of Liaoning | |||||
Zhongwang Group, restricting the competition between | |||||
shareholders of Liaoning Zhongwang and Liaoning | |||||
Zhongwang Group, maintaining the daily operation of | |||||
Liaoning | Zhongwang | Group, | maintaining | the | |
independence of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, obtaining | |||||
the certificate of high-tech enterprise, business | |||||
qualifications, real estate | property | certificates | and |
intellectual property certificates, complying with laws, regulating the labor and human resources of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, regulating connected transactions of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, disposing of the Excluded Assets, regulating the internal governance of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, meeting the requirements of the Qualified Listing, etc.
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- SHAREHOLDERS' AGREEMENT
The principal terms and conditions of the Shareholders' Agreement are set out below:
1. | Date: | 30 October 2019 | |
2. | Parties: | (a) | Zhongwang Fabrication; |
(b) | Liaoning Zhongwang; | ||
(c) | Fund I; | ||
(d) | Fund II; and | ||
(e) | Fund III | ||
3. | Right of Pre-emption | Prior to the Qualified Listing of Liaoning Zhongwang, | |
if Liaoning Zhongwang obtains the approval from the | |||
general meeting of the registered capital increase, the | |||
Investors are entitled (but not obliged) to the right of | |||
pre-emption to subscribe for newly issued equity | |||
interests in Liaoning Zhongwang under the same | |||
conditions in proportion to their shareholding | |||
percentages of Liaoning Zhongwang. | |||
4. | Restriction of Transfer | Without the consent of the Investors, or under the | |
circumstance where the Investors do not exercise the | |||
right of first refusal, Zhongwang Fabrication shall not | |||
transfer, pledge, sell or in any means dispose the equity | |||
interests in Liaoning Zhongwang, unless relevant | |||
documents are provided by Zhongwang Fabrication to | |||
prove that such transfer or capital increase is made to | |||
the related parties under the common control by | |||
Zhongwang Fabrication. | |||
5. | Right of First Refusal | With the consent of the Investors, if Zhongwang | |
Fabrication transfers the equity interests in Liaoning |
Zhongwang, the Investors have the right of first refusal to purchase all or part of the disposed equity interests in proportion to the shareholding of all Investors under the same terms and conditions according to Zhongwang Fabrication's disposal plan, unless the disposal is for the purpose of the employee incentive plan or shareholding plan previously approved by the board of directors or general meeting of Liaoning Zhongwang or relevant documents are provided by Zhongwang Fabrication to prove that such transfer is made to the related parties under the common control by Zhongwang Fabrication.
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6. | Tag-along | If | the Investors do not exercise or waive the | ||||||
abovementioned right of first refusal or only partly | |||||||||
exercise the right of first refusal, the Investors are | |||||||||
entitled (but not obliged) to sell the equity interests in | |||||||||
Liaoning Zhongwang to the transferee together with | |||||||||
Zhongwang Fabrication under the same terms and | |||||||||
conditions agreed between Zhongwang Fabrication and | |||||||||
the transferee for the proposed disposal of the equity | |||||||||
interests. | |||||||||
7. | Subsequent Financing | If | Liaoning Zhongwang subsequently introduces new | ||||||
equity financing or Zhongwang Fabrication transfers its | |||||||||
equity interests | in | Liaoning | Zhongwang (the | ||||||
''Subsequent Financing'', including merger and | |||||||||
reorganization with the Listco for the purpose of the | |||||||||
Qualified Listing), the valuation of such Subsequent | |||||||||
Financing shall not be less than the post-investment | |||||||||
valuation of the Capital Contribution. | |||||||||
8. | Buyback Right | In case of any of the following conditions, the Investors | |||||||
are entitled to require Liaoning Zhongwang and | |||||||||
Zhongwang Fabrication to buy back the equity interests | |||||||||
in Liaoning Zhongwang held by the Investors: | |||||||||
(1) | within three years following the Closing for | ||||||||
Capital Contribution and the Closing for Transfer, | |||||||||
Liaoning Zhongwang fails to complete the | |||||||||
Qualified Listing; | |||||||||
(2) | Liaoning Zhongwang and Zhongwang Fabrication | ||||||||
breach | representations, | warranties, | undertakings, | ||||||
and obligations as agreed under the transaction | |||||||||
documents, and fail to remedy the breach within 30 | |||||||||
days upon written request by the Investors; | |||||||||
(3) change | of | control | over | Liaoning | Zhongwang | ||||
occurs or the proposed change of control over | |||||||||
Liaoning Zhongwang is announced by itself or is | |||||||||
reasonably recognized by the Investors; | |||||||||
(4) | The amount of the assets or goodwill impairment | ||||||||
of Liaoning Zhongwang Group exceeds 10% of its | |||||||||
audited net assets as at the Valuation Base Date, or | |||||||||
liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, or takeover of | |||||||||
Liaoning Zhongwang | or | its | major | subsidiaries |
(being subsidiaries of Liaoning Zhongwang which contribute 10% or more of the audited consolidated income from major operations of Liaoning Zhongwang for the latest year) takes place;
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- Liaoning Zhongwang Group and Zhongwang Fabrication are found to have engaged in falsifying income increase, collecting off-balance-sheet cash income, misappropriating funds by the shareholders, providing external guarantees and other circumstances which violate the internal control and the regulated operation requirements and are imposed to administrative penalties or public censure by the security regulatory authorities, or no rectification or regulation has been carried out within 10 days from the date when Liaoning Zhongwang and Zhongwang Fabrication are aware or should be aware of the circumstances mentioned above; or Liaoning Zhongwang Group, Zhongwang Fabrication and their de facto controllers are found to be engaged in major integrity crisis, broken fund chain and other similar issues in relation to insolvency; or Liaoning Zhongwang Group, Zhongwang Fabrication and their de facto controllers are subject to the investigation, criminal penalties, or material administrative penalties imposed by the administrative authorities of the PRC, or cause actions that materially prejudice the social and public interests, including environmental pollution and material individual injuries; and
- Liaoning Zhongwang Group, Zhongwang Fabrication, and their de facto controllers have undergone any material adverse changes or been materially and adversely affected.
In connection with the aforesaid conditions of buyback, the buyback price = the amount of the Capital Contribution/the consideration of the Transfer made by the Investors × (1+ time difference × 8%/365), wherein the time difference is the number of calendar days between the Closing Date for Capital Contribution/the Closing Date for Transfer and the date when the payment of the buyback is made.
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The Guarantors shall unconditionally settle the full | |
amount of the buyback payment within 30 days upon | |
the notice of buyback served by the Investors in | |
writing, where any Guarantor fails to settle the | |
buyback payment in whole or in part in favour of the | |
Investors, the Investors shall be entitled to claim | |
against the Guarantors on a prolonged basis according | |
to the laws, and request the Guarantors to pay a default | |
penalty equivalent to 0.05% of the overdue payment. | |
9. Preferential Liquidation | Where Liaoning Zhongwang is to be liquidated, |
Rights | acquired, disposed, dissolved or closed, or the control |
of Liaoning Zhongwang is to be changed, in terms of | |
the liquidation assets that can be distributed, the | |
Investors shall have preferential liquidation rights in | |
respect of the their equity interest in Liaoning | |
Zhongwang over Zhongwang Fabrication and its related | |
parties to the higher of: (1) the full amount of the | |
acquisition consideration payable by the third-party | |
buyer multiplied by the shareholding percentage of the | |
Investors in Liaoning Zhongwang; or (2) the amount of | |
the Capital Contribution/the consideration of the | |
Transfer made by the Investors × (1 + time difference | |
× 8%/365), | |
wherein the time difference is the number of calendar | |
days between the Closing Date for Capital | |
Contribution/the Closing Date for Transfer and the | |
closing date for the liquidation. |
VI. FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF LIAONING ZHONGWANG GROUP AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE DEEMED DISPOSAL AND THE TRANSFER
Upon the completion of the Capital Contribution and the Transfer, the registered capital of Liaoning Zhongwang would be increased to USD2,312,750,000 and the shareholding of Zhongwang Fabrication, Fund I, Fund II and Fund III in Liaoning Zhongwang would be approximately 89.65%, 3.45%, 3.45% and 3.45%, respectively. Liaoning Zhongwang will continue to be an indirect subsidiary of the Company.
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Based on its audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises, the profit before and after taxation for the years ended 31 December 2017 and 2018 of Liaoning Zhongwang Group are set out below:
For the year ended
31 December
2017 2018
RMB'000 RMB'000
Profit | before tax | 4,380,628 | 5,189,222 |
Profit | after tax | 3,664,402 | 4,429,282 |
Based on its audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises, the net asset value attributable to the parent company as of 31 December 2018 of Liaoning Zhongwang Group was approximately RMB32.1 billion. The unaudited net asset value attributable to the parent company as of 30 June 2019 of Liaoning Zhongwang Group was approximately RMB
33.7 billion. As the Deemed Disposal and Transfer will not result in the Company's loss of the control over Liaoning Zhongwang, it will be recognized as equity transactions and will not result in the recognition of any profit or loss in the Company's consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
VII. REASONS FOR AND BENEFITS OF THE DEEMED DISPOSAL AND THE TRANSFER AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Liaoning Zhongwang intends to introduce domestic well-known funds as strategic investors by ways of capital increase and transfer of existing equity interests (the ''Capital Introduction''). The Capital Introduction will optimize the shareholding structure of Liaoning Zhongwang and bring the synergy effect with the shareholders into play, which will further promote Liaoning Zhongwang Group's business development and improve the profitability and competitiveness of Liaoning Zhongwang Group.
All of our Directors are of the view that the terms of the Capital Contribution Agreement, Equity Transfer Agreement I, Equity Transfer Agreement II and Shareholders' Agreement are on normal commercial terms, fair and reasonable and the Capital Contribution Agreement, Equity Transfer Agreement I, Equity Transfer Agreement II, Shareholders' Agreement and transactions contemplated thereunder are in the interest of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
Unless otherwise agreed among the Investors and Liaoning Zhongwang, the net proceeds from the Capital Contribution and the Transfer will be used in the business development and daily operation of the Group.
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VIII. INFORMATION OF THE PARTIES
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The Company
The Company is incorporated in Cayman Islands and listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. The Group is principally engaged in the production of high precision, large section and high value-added industrial aluminium extrusion products and aluminium flat rolling products which are widely used in such sectors as transportation, machinery and equipment and electric power engineering etc.. - Zhongwang Fabrication
Zhongwang Fabrication is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC. As at the date of the announcement, Zhongwang Fabrication is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Zhongwang Fabrication is principally engaged in investment holding. - Liaoning Zhongwang
Liaoning Zhongwang is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC. Liaoning Zhongwang is principally engaged in the production and sale of the aluminium extrusion products. As at the date of the announcement, Liaoning Zhongwang is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhongwang Fabrication. - Fund I
Fund I is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC and is principally engaged in equity investment, investment consultation, project investment and asset management. - Fund II
Fund II is a limited partnership established under the laws of the PRC and is principally engaged in equity investment. - Fund III
Fund III is a limited partnership established under the laws of the PRC and is principally engaged in start-up investment, investment consultation and start-up management.
IX. LISTING RULES IMPLICATION
According to Rule 14.22 of the Listing Rules, the Stock Exchange may require listed issuers to aggregate a series of transactions and treat them as if they were one transaction if they are all completed within a 12 month period or are otherwise related. If the Deemed Disposal and the Transfer are treated as if they were one transaction, as one or more of the applicable percentage ratios calculated in respect of the transactions contemplated under the Deemed Disposal and the Transfer are above 5% but less than 25% in aggregate, the Deemed Disposal and the Transfer constitute a discloseable
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transaction of the Company pursuant to the Listing Rules and are subject to the reporting and announcement requirements but exempt from shareholders' approval requirements pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules.
Pursuant to the Shareholders' Agreement, among other things, Zhongwang Fabrication and Liaoning Zhongwang have granted the Buyback Right to the Investors. According to Rule 14.04(1) of the Listing Rules, the grant of the Buyback Right would be treated as a transaction. According to Rule14.74(1) of the Listing Rules, on the grant of the Buyback Right, the transaction will be classified as if the Buyback Right had been exercised. As one or more of the applicable percentage ratios calculated in respect of the grant of the Buyback Right are above 5% but less than 25%, the grant of the Buyback Right to the Investors constitutes a discloseable transaction of the Company pursuant to the Listing Rules and is subject to reporting and announcement requirements but exempt from shareholders' approval requirements pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules.
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PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF THE EXCLUDED ASSETS
One of the conditions precedent of the Closing for Capital Contribution and the Closing for Transfer is the approval by Liaoning Zhongwang's shareholders of the proposed disposal of the Excluded Assets. The Group is currently under negotiation with third parties regarding the proposed disposal of the Excluded Assets, and will make disclosure pursuant to the requirements under the Listing Rules when appropriate.
The Capital Contribution, the Transfer, the proposed disposal of the Excluded Assets and the Qualified Listing are subject to certain terms and conditions, and may or may not proceed. Shareholders and potential investors should exercise caution when dealing in the securities of the Company.
XI. DEFINITIONS
In this announcement, the following expressions have the following meaning unless the context requires otherwise:
''Board'' | the board of Directors of the Company |
''Buyback Right'' | the right granted pursuant to the Shareholders' |
Agreement to the Investors to request the Guarantors to | |
buy back equity interests in Liaoning Zhongwang held | |
by the Investors under the circumstances provided in | |
the Shareholders' Agreement | |
''Capital Contribution'' | the capital contribution of RMB1.0 billion in cash by |
Fund I to Liaoning Zhongwang pursuant to the Capital | |
Contribution Agreement |
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''Capital Contribution | the capital contribution agreement entered into among |
Agreement'' | Zhongwang Fabrication, Liaoning Zhongwang and Fund |
I on 30 October 2019, pursuant to which, among other | |
things, Fund I agreed to contribute RMB1.0 billion in | |
cash to Liaoning Zhongwang | |
''Closing Date for Capital | the date of the delivery of documents and the payment |
Contribution'' | of the Capital Contribution pursuant to the Capital |
Contribution Agreement, after all the conditions | |
precedent have been fulfilled or waived | |
''Closing Date for Equity | the date of the delivery of documents and the payment |
Transfer I'' | of the consideration for Equity Transfer I pursuant to |
the Equity Transfer Agreement I, after all the | |
conditions precedent have been fulfilled or waived | |
''Closing Date for Equity | the date of the delivery of documents and the payment |
Transfer II'' | of the consideration for Equity Transfer II pursuant to |
the Equity Transfer Agreement II, after all the | |
conditions precedent have been fulfilled or waived | |
''Closing Date for Transfer'' | Closing Date for Equity Transfer I and Closing Date for |
Equity Transfer II | |
''Closing for Capital | the delivery of documents and the payment of the |
Contribution'' | Capital Contribution pursuant to the Capital |
Contribution Agreement, after all the conditions | |
precedent have been fulfilled or waived | |
''Closing for Equity Transfer | the delivery of documents and the payment of the |
I'' | consideration for Equity Transfer I pursuant to the |
Equity Transfer Agreement I, after all the conditions | |
precedent have been fulfilled or waived | |
''Closing for Equity Transfer | the delivery of documents and the payment of the |
II'' | consideration for Equity Transfer II pursuant to the |
Equity Transfer Agreement II, after all the conditions | |
precedent have been fulfilled or waived | |
''Closing for Transfer'' | Closing for Equity Transfer I and Closing for Equity |
Transfer II | |
''Company'' | China Zhongwang Holdings Limited (中國忠旺控股有 |
限公司), a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands | |
with limited liability and the shares of which are listed | |
on the Stock Exchange | |
''connected person(s)'' | has the meaning ascribed thereto under the Listing |
Rules |
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''Deemed Disposal'' | the deemed disposal through the dilution of interest of |
the Group in Liaoning Zhongwang as a result of the | |
Capital Contribution by Fund I pursuant to the Capital | |
Contribution Agreement | |
''Director(s)'' | the director(s) of the Company |
''Equity Transfer I'' | Transfer of approximately 3.45% of equity interest in |
Liaoning Zhongwang by Zhongwang Fabrication to | |
Fund II at a consideration of RMB1.0 billion pursuant | |
to the Equity Transfer Agreement I | |
''Equity Transfer II'' | Transfer of approximately 3.45% of equity interest in |
Liaoning Zhongwang by Zhongwang Fabrication to | |
Fund III at a consideration of RMB1.0 billion pursuant | |
to the Equity Transfer Agreement II | |
''Equity Transfer Agreement | the equity transfer agreement entered into among |
I'' | Zhongwang Fabrication, Liaoning Zhongwang and |
Fund II on 30 October 2019, pursuant to which, among | |
others, Zhongwang Fabrication agreed to sell and Fund | |
II agreed to purchase approximately 3.45% of equity | |
interest in Liaoning Zhongwang at a consideration of | |
RMB1.0 billion | |
''Equity Transfer Agreement | the equity transfer agreement entered into among |
II'' | Zhongwang Fabrication, Liaoning Zhongwang and |
Fund III on 30 October 2019, pursuant to which, | |
among others, Zhongwang Fabrication agreed to sell | |
and Fund III agreed to purchase approximately 3.45% | |
of equity interest in Liaoning Zhongwang at a | |
consideration of RMB1.0 billion | |
''Excluded Assets'' | the interests in relation to electrolytic aluminium |
business within Liaoning Zhongwang Group | |
''Fund I'' | National Civil-Military Integration Industry Investment |
Fund Co., Ltd.* (國家軍民融合產業投資基金有限責任 | |
公司), a limited liability company incorporated under | |
the laws of the PRC | |
''Fund II'' | Jiaxing Liding Changhao Equity Investment Partnership |
Enterprise (Limited Partnership)* (嘉興力鼎昌浩股權 | |
投資合夥企業(有限合夥)), a limited partnership | |
established under the laws of the PRC | |
''Fund III'' | Zibo Yingke Baiyao Pioneer Investment Partnership |
Enterprise (Limited Partnership)* (淄博盈科百耀創業 | |
投資合夥企業(有限合夥)), a limited partnership | |
established under the laws of the PRC |
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''Group'' | the Company and its subsidiaries |
''Guarantors'' | Zhongwang Fabrication and Liaoning Zhongwang |
''Hong Kong'' | the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the |
PRC | |
''Investors'' | Fund I, Fund II and Fund III |
''Liaoning Zhongwang'' | Liaoning Zhongwang Group Co., Ltd.* (遼寧忠旺集團 |
有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated | |
under the laws of the PRC, and as at the date of the | |
announcement, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of | |
the Company | |
''Liaoning Zhongwang | Liaoning Zhongwang and its subsidiaries |
Group'' | |
''Listco'' | the listed company which participates in the |
securitization of Liaoning Zhongwang to accomplish | |
the Qualified Listing and, as the case may be, the | |
specific listed company which performs the securitized | |
reorganization with Liaoning Zhongwang | |
''Listing Rules'' | the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The |
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited | |
''PRC'' | the People's Republic of China and for the purpose of |
this announcement, excluding Hong Kong, the Macao | |
Special Administrative Region and Taiwan | |
''Qualified Listing'' | the initial public offering, reorganization or reverse |
takeover listing, mergers, asset restructuring or other | |
securitized transactions, actions or arrangements of the | |
equity of Liaoning Zhongwang (or other companies, | |
entities or the parent company of Liaoning Zhongwang, | |
which are established due to the reorganization of | |
Liaoning Zhongwang, and actually control the entire | |
business and are entitled to all the economic interests | |
held by Liaoning Zhongwang prior to the | |
reorganization) on the onshore and offshore stock | |
exchanges admitted by the Investors | |
''RMB'' | Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC |
''Shareholder(s)'' | the holder(s) of shares of the Company |
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''Shareholders' Agreement'' | a shareholders' agreement entered into among |
Zhongwang Fabrication, Fund I, Fund II and Fund III | |
on 30 October 2019 as the shareholders of Liaoning | |
Zhongwang | |
''Stock Exchange'' | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
''Transfer'' | Equity Transfer I and Equity Transfer II |
''USD'' | the U.S. dollar, the lawful currency of the United States |
of the America | |
''Zhongwang Fabrication'' | Liaoning Zhongwang Superior Fabrication Investment |
Limited* (遼寧忠旺精製投資有限公司), a limited | |
liability company incorporated under the laws of the | |
PRC and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the | |
Company | |
''%'' | percentage |
By order of the Board | |
China Zhongwang Holdings Limited | |
Chairman | |
Lu Changqing | |
Hong Kong, 30 October 2019 |
As at the date of this announcement, the Board consists of:
Executive Directors
Mr. Lu Changqing and Ms. Ma Qingmei
Non-executive Directors
Mr. Chen Yan, Mr. Lin Jun and Mr. Wei Qiang
Independent Non-executive Directors
Mr. Wong Chun Wa, Mr. Wen Xianjun, Mr. Shi Ketong and Mr. Lo Wa Kei, Roy
- For identification purpose only
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