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GREENLAND HONG KONG HOLDINGS LIMITED
綠地香港控股有限公司
(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 337)
DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION
FORMATION OF JOINT VENTURE
The Company is pleased to announce that on 2 September 2019 (after trading hours), Glory Creation (a wholly subsidiary of the Company) and the JV Partner entered into the JV Agreement, pursuant to which:
- Glory Creation and the JV Partner agreed to form a joint venture for the property development project in respect of the Land, for which the JV Company has won a bid at auction to acquire;
- the JV Company will have a total registered capital of RMB20 million, which will be owned as to 80% by Glory Creation and 20% by the JV Partner;
- the total capital commitment of Glory Creation in respect of the JV Company is expected to be not more than RMB838.4 million (approximately HK$931.6 million); and
- certain management and corporate affairs of the JV Company shall be bounded by the terms of the JV Agreement.
As the highest Applicable Percentage Ratio for the JV Agreement is more than 5% but less than 25%, the entering into the JV Agreement constitutes a disclosable transaction for the Company under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules and is therefore subject to the notification and announcement requirements under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules.
The Company is pleased to announce that on 2 September 2019 (after trading hours), Glory Creation and the JV Partner entered into the JV Agreement, pursuant to which Glory Creation and the JV Partner agreed to form a joint venture for the property development project in respect of the Land, for which the JV Company has won a bid at auction to acquire, based on the principal terms set out in this announcement.
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THE JV AGREEMENT | |
Date: | 2 September 2019 |
Parties: | Glory Creation as a joint venture partner |
JV Partner as the other joint venture partner | |
To the best knowledge, information and belief of the Directors | |
and having made all reasonable enquiries, as at the date of this | |
announcement, each of the JV Partner and its ultimate beneficial | |
owners are third parties independent of, and not connected with, | |
the Company and its connected persons. | |
Shareholding structure | The JV Company was established on 8 July 2019. As at 31 |
and capital | July 2019, the unaudited net liability of the JV Company was |
requirement: | approximately RMB65. The JV Company has not commenced |
any substantive business operation apart from having submitted | |
and won a bid at auction for the acquisition of the Land in July | |
2019 at a purchase price of RMB1,028 million (approximately | |
HK$1,142.2 million). Pursuant to the terms of the bid, the | |
JV Company had paid a tender deposit of RMB202 million | |
(approximately HK$224.4 million), which was financed by a loan | |
of the same amount lent to the JV Company by the JV Partner. | |
The said tender deposit has been applied as part payment of the | |
first instalment of the purchase price of the Land amounted to | |
RMB514 million (approximately HK$571.1 million). The balance | |
of the said first instalment of the purchase price of RMB312 | |
million (approximately HK$346.7 million) shall be paid by the | |
JV Company on or before 26 February 2020. The balance of the | |
said purchase price of RMB514 million (approximately HK$571.1 | |
million) shall be paid on or before 26 April 2020. |
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As at the date of this announcement, the JV Company is wholly | |
owned by the JV Partner with a registered capital of RMB1 | |
million (approximately HK $ 1 . 1 million) . Glory Creation | |
and the JV Partner will respectively contribute RMB16 | |
million (approximately HK$17.8 million) and RMB3 million | |
(approximately HK$3.3 million) to the JV Company as registered | |
capital. After the aforesaid capital contribution, the registered | |
capital of the JV Company will be RMB20 million (approximately | |
HK$22.2 million), which will be owned as to 80% by Glory | |
Creation and as to 20% by the JV Partner, and the JV Company | |
will be accounted for as a subsidiary of the Company. Within 5 | |
days after the increase in registered capital of the JV Company | |
has been registered with the relevant governmental authority, | |
Glory Creation and the JV Partner shall provide their aforesaid | |
capital contributions to the JV Company respectively, and Glory | |
Creation shall advance a shareholder's loan of RMB161.6 million | |
(approximately HK$179.6 million) to the JV Company for it to | |
repay part of the aforesaid shareholder's loan owed to the JV | |
Partner. | |
It is expected that to finance the property development project in | |
respect of the Land and the operation of the JV Company, each of | |
Glory Creation and the JV Partner shall provide shareholder's loan | |
to the JV Company of an aggregate amount of up to RMB822.4 | |
million (approximately HK$913.8 million) and RMB205.6 million | |
(approximately HK$228.4 million) respectively (inclusive of the | |
aforesaid shareholder's loans). All other funding needs of the JV | |
Company shall be financed by itself. | |
The aforesaid capital contribution and shareholder's loan to be | |
provided by Glory Creation (the "Glory Creation's Capital | |
Commitment"), which is RMB838.4 million (approximately | |
HK$931.6 million) in aggregate, is expected to be funded by | |
the internal resources of the Group. The amount of the Glory | |
Creation's Capital Commitment was determined after arm's length | |
negotiations between the parties, taking into account, among other | |
factors, the funding need for the property development project in | |
respect of the Land. | |
Scope of business of | The JV Company is principally engaged in the property |
the JV Company: | development project in respect of the Land. The Land has a total |
site area of approximately 85,024 sq.m., permissible plot ratio | |
between 1.0 to 4.0, and a land use right of 70 years for residential | |
land use and 40 years for wholesale and retail land use and | |
commercial and financial land use. The JV Company intends | |
to develop the Land into a residential, commercial and office | |
complex in 4 years. |
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Board representation: | The board of directors of the JV Company will comprise three |
directors. Glory Creation shall have the right to nominate two | |
directors (one of them being the chairman of that board and the | |
legal representative of the JV Company). The JV Partner has the | |
right to nominate one director. | |
Restrictions on transfer: | Any transfer of interest in the JV Company by any shareholder of |
the JV Company shall be subject to the right of first refusal of the | |
other shareholder. |
REASONS FOR AND BENEFITS OF ENTERING INTO THE JV AGREEMENT
The Directors consider that the Land has attractive development potential. The Directors consider that the terms of the JV Agreement are normal commercial terms, fair and reasonable and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Company is an investment holding company. The Group is principally engaged in property development, property and hotel investment and property management.
The JV Partner is principally engaged in property development, the leasing and sale of properties, and the provision of ancillary services.
LISTING RULES IMPLICATIONS
As the highest Applicable Percentage Ratio for the JV Agreement is more than 5% but less than 25%, the entering into the JV Agreement constitutes a disclosable transaction for the Company under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules and is therefore subject to the notification and announcement requirements under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules.
DEFINITIONS
In this announcement, the following expressions have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Applicable Percentage have the meanings ascribed to them under the Listing Rules; Ratio", and "connected
person(s)"
"Board" | the board of Directors; |
"Company"Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited (綠地香港控股有限公 司), a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and the ordinary shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange;
"Directors" | the directors of the Company; |
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"Glory Creation" | Glory Creation Group Limited (祥凱集團有限公司), a company |
incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability and a wholly- | |
owned subsidiary of the Company; | |
"Group" | the Company and its subsidiaries; |
"HK$" | Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong; |
"Hong Kong" | the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC; |
"JV Agreement" | the equity contribution and cooperation agreement dated 2 |
September 2019 entered into between Glory Creation and | |
the JV Partner governing the equity contribution into the JV | |
Company and the management and corporate affairs of the JV | |
Company; | |
"JV Company" | Changzhou Mudan Hongdu Real Estate Co., Ltd.* (常州牡丹 |
弘都房地產有限公司), a company established in the PRC with | |
limited liability; | |
"JV Partner" | Changzhou Heimudan Property Co., Ltd.* (常州黑牡丹置業 |
有限公司), a company established in the PRC with limited | |
liability; | |
"Land" | the land parcels of land lot nos. XL120226 and XL120236 |
situated at Xinqiao Town, Xinbei District, Changzhou City, the | |
PRC (中國常州市新北區新橋鎮); | |
"Listing Rules" | Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock |
Exchange; | |
"PRC" | People's Republic of China, which for the purpose of this |
announcement, excludes Hong Kong, the Macao Special | |
Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan; | |
"RMB" | Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC; |
"Shareholders" | holders of the ordinary share(s) of HK$0.50 each in the share |
capital of the Company; | |
"sq.m." | square meters; |
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"Stock Exchange" The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;
"%" | per cent. |
For the purposes of this announcement, an exchange rate of HK$1 = RMB0.90 has been used for currency translation, where applicable. Such exchange rate is for illustration purposes only and does not constitute any representations that any amount in RMB or HK$ has been, could have been or may be converted at such rate.
By order of the Board
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited
Chen Jun
Chairman
Hong Kong, 2 September 2019
As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Chen Jun, Mr. Wang Weixian, Mr. Hou Guangjun, Mr. Wu Zhengkui and Ms. Wang Xuling; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Cheong Ying Chew, Henry, Mr. Fong Wo, Felix, JP and Mr. Kwan Kai Cheong.
- For identification purposes only
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