Li Guangyu himself heard the news that the Singaporean consortium was preparing to acquire Heung Kong Electric Group on the same day. However, he was currently busy with Swire Holdings and did not have time to deal with this issue. He planned to take control of Swire Holdings before dealing with it.
This time the Singapore consortium.
Time passed, and it came to August 25th in the blink of an eye. In this nearly a week, Li Guangyu has been unable to acquire the shares from these shareholders as he wished, so that he currently only holds 36.8% of Taikoo Co., Ltd.
Of the shares, only about 31% have voting rights.
In the conference room of Tianyu Investment Company, Li Guangyu asked Guo Fengtao again about the situation of his shareholders and whether they no longer planned to transfer their shares to his company.
Guo Fengtao said: "Li Sheng, I contacted the people over there, and they are still considering it. According to the news, they are waiting for the Shihuaiya family to give them a higher price."
Li Guangyu was very angry after hearing this. Those shareholders were really greedy. The current conditions were already five levels of premium. They were still not satisfied and expected to get a higher price.
If Li Guangyu hadn't done it for Cathay Pacific this time, he wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to these shareholders.
Things are not going well on the British side, because the Swire Group is jumping up and down there, and Li Guangyu Group has also been hindered in acquiring the British Telecom Group this time. The local British consortium has already started to take action, and they seem to be starting to join the Satanic Group.
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Li Guangyu said: "Contact them again to see what those shareholders think, give them a price premium of six levels, and ask them to complete the transaction as soon as possible."
When Li Guangyu held a meeting here, several major shareholders of Taikoo Co., Ltd. were invited by Shen Bi and came to the Peninsula Hotel.
When these shareholders arrived, they saw that in addition to Shen Bi, there were several representatives of the British consortium such as Wooden Shihuai Ya, Henry Keswick, George Lavin and Paul Madden in the box. At the same time, they
I also met several representatives of the Singaporean consortium that have been causing trouble in Hong Kong these days.
Shen Bi said: "Welcome, please take a seat."
These major shareholders feel that these companies are probably going to put pressure on them today, otherwise there would not be so many people jointly inviting them to come over. They have made up their minds that they will not offer a price equal to that of the Li Group.
Transferred shares to Wooden Shihuai.
Wooden Swire said: "We have cooperated at Swire Pacific for so many years, and we all get along very well. We are all from England, and you don't want our company to become a subsidiary of the Li Group."
These shareholders don't care who the company belongs to. The Li Group has also acquired Bentley and Jaguar in the country, and there is no objection from the British government or the local group. This time the stock market plummeted, and they and others suffered huge losses. This share
Naturally, the higher the price, the better.
Everyone here is very clear about the thoughts of these shareholders. If they would choose to do this at this time, no one would want to make a little profit, but it would only be uncomfortable for them to make a profit.
Shen Bi said: "We are all businessmen, and we all understand our own thoughts. Today we invite you here because we hope to acquire the shares of Taikoo Co., Ltd. in your hands. In terms of price, you can rest assured that the Li Group has already paid a premium.
Is it five levels? This time we have decided to buy the stocks in your hands at a premium of six levels, and we hope you will not refuse."
These shareholders did not expect that the British-funded consortium would be so powerful this time and actually raise the price to a level higher than that of the Lee Consortium. When negotiating with Wooden Swire a few days ago, they offered the same price as the Lee Consortium.
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Henry Keswick said: "We have been very sincere this time, and we ask you to make a decision early. This is also our last offer to you. You can let the Li Group acquire your shares at this price, but you
Don’t forget that you are also British, you still have to go back, and you will still have to develop in the Commonwealth in the future. I’m afraid being greedy will not do you much good.”
These shareholders really had the idea of going to Li Guangyu to discuss it, but after hearing Henry Keswick's threatening words, they couldn't help but consider whether it was worth offending these people for the extra money they and others could earn.
.These guys have a lot of influence in the Asian region, and when they develop here, they often need to rely on them, especially HSBC and Standard Chartered.
At the same time, these shareholders were also irritable and a little angry with Wooden Swire. This was obviously a matter between the Swire Group and them. As a result, Wooden Swire pulled out such a group of people to put pressure on himself and others.
He and others had to sell their shares to him.
After several shareholders present thought for a while, one of them said: "Shihuaiya, congratulations on being able to continue to control Taikoo Co., Ltd. You can take my shares, but I want cash, so don't even think about taking it.
Come and exchange the shares from your Swire Group, I don’t need that thing.”
When they were discussing with Wooden Swire a few days ago, Swire proposed to use the shares of Swire Group of London to replace their stocks. These shareholders didn't really want the shares of Swire Group. Who knew?
Will Li Guangyu attack the Swire Group? It would be better for him and others to avoid it.
Wooden Shihuaiya said: "Don't worry, this time the shares are purchased in cash, and they also have the strength. Those of you around me must have some understanding. This time the shares in your hands will be purchased from
They jointly acquired it."
This time, in order to completely bring the Singaporean consortium and the Lee consortium into competition, the British consortium not only took out the Xiangjiang Electric Group, but also gave them shares in the Swire Group. These companies are relatively high-quality, as long as everything in Xiangjiang is peaceful.
, after the stock market recovers, they will definitely be able to make a lot of money.
At the same time, they also promised the Singaporean consortium that as long as the Lee Consortium takes action against them, the British-funded consortium will definitely help them and at the same time assist the Singaporean consortium in its expansion in Commonwealth Asian countries and regions.
The influence of these major foreign banks, HSBC and Standard Chartered in Asia is quite strong. This is why the Singapore consortium is willing to take over Heung Kong Electric Group and Swire Holdings. They do not think that the Lee Group can break their alliance with the Heung Kong British Consortium.
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Moreover, these areas are now managed by the British government, and they have more advantages than the Li Group.
These shareholders didn't expect that the Singaporean consortium was really not afraid of trouble. They wanted to offend the Li's consortium to death. Do these shareholders think that by cooperating with the British-funded consortium, they don't have to worry about the Li's consortium?
They are too lazy to care about this. They can just take the money and don't regret it in the future. What the Li Group has forced the British Group to do in the past two years? Don't these people know that they think they have it?
It’s okay if the government takes the backing. These shareholders can only lament that the Singapore consortium thinks too well.
These shareholders said: "We can call someone to send the shares right away. I wonder if you have the cash ready?"
Shen Bi said: "Don't worry, as soon as the contract is signed, HSBC can transfer the funds to your account."
After hearing this, these shareholders left the box and went to the hotel to borrow a phone to notify their families to send over the shares of Taikoo Co., Ltd.
One of the shareholders avoided these people and specifically informed Guo Fengtao of the news.
In Li Guangyu's office, Guo Fengtao relayed to Li Guangyu exactly what the shareholder said.
After hearing this, Li Guangyu said: "I understand, let's put the issue of the acquisition of Swire Co., Ltd. to rest for now."
Guo Fengtao could not sense Li Guangyu's current mood, but he knew that the Singapore consortium would definitely pay the price this time.