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officially announced divorce, 60-year-old chairman of a-share company split 700 million yuan of stocks with his wife

2024-09-19

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according to an announcement from kodak manufacturing (600499), the company recently received a notice from shareholder bian cheng that he and guan qi, after friendly negotiations, have completed the procedures for dissolving their marriage through an agreement and made relevant arrangements for the division of property.

before the division of property, bian cheng held 98.6996 million shares of keda manufacturing, accounting for 5.146% of the company's total share capital, and was the company's fourth largest shareholder. after the division, bian cheng and guan qi each held 49.3498 million shares of keda manufacturing, with a shareholding ratio of 2.573%.

securities times e-company reporter noted that bian cheng is the chairman of keda manufacturing and once had a place on the hurun rich list. bian cheng and guan qi are alumni of beijing university of aeronautics and astronautics (hereinafter referred to as "buaa"), and the latest market value of the listed company stocks divided by the two is about 700 million yuan.

worth more than 2.7 billion yuan

bian cheng was born in 1964 (60 years old this year) and was admitted to the department of engine engineering of beihang university in 1981. bian cheng was very keen on management when he was in college. he served as the vice president of the student union of the department and aspired to be an entrepreneur. from 1985 to 1987, bian cheng studied for a master's degree in economic management at beihang university.

bian cheng's career experience is legendary. he was one of the first officials in foshan to go into business, and was listed on the "forbes china listed company best ceo list" and was called "kodak's most successful person."

bian cheng once revealed that after graduation, he decided to follow his girlfriend, who was also a classmate of beihang university, to the henan provincial government economic development research center. in 1990, bian cheng and his family moved south to foshan. at first, he worked in relevant government departments. in 1998, he met lu qin, the founder of keda manufacturing, and resigned to work as the vice president of the company.

an article published on the wechat account of the beihang university guangdong alumni association stated that after joining keda manufacturing, bian cheng fully utilized his personal accurate and forward-looking judgment on the macro-economy, super capital operation and industry integration capabilities, and reasonably grasped and utilized the company's advantages, helping the company successfully list on the shanghai stock exchange in 2002.

before kodak manufacturing went public, bian cheng had served as the company's director and general manager; he has served as the company's chairman since august 2012.

according to kodak manufacturing's 2023 annual report, bian cheng currently holds many titles including president of the foshan federation of enterprises and president of the foshan entrepreneurs association.

in 2023, he received a pre-tax salary of 3.8 million yuan from keda manufacturing. in 2021, bian cheng was listed on the hurun rich list with a wealth of 2.7 billion yuan.

guan qi is a classmate of bian cheng. she was also admitted to beihang university in 1981 to study aircraft engines. in october 2012, bian cheng and guan qi donated 1 million yuan to beihang university's "alumni scholarship" in their personal names. at the same time, the two donated 1 million yuan to support the school's energy and environmental protection projects. in february last year, the two also donated to establish the "bian cheng guan qi alumni energy and power engineering school development fund."

commitment not to reduce holdings within 12 months

at present, the division of property in divorce has not yet affected bian cheng’s position as the fourth largest shareholder of kodak manufacturing.

the announcement shows that in order to ensure the stable operation of the company, guan qi voluntarily entrusted the voting rights and other rights of all the shares obtained by him from the property division to bian cheng. the above voting rights entrustment will take effect on the date when the "voting rights entrustment agreement" is signed and the two parties complete the non-trading transfer of the company's stocks.

"based on the above arrangement, after the completion of this non-transaction transfer, guan qi will become bian cheng's joint actor, and the number of company shares corresponding to the voting rights that bian cheng can control will not change." kodak manufacturing said.

according to the arrangement, after the above-mentioned stock split, bian cheng and guan qi will continue to jointly abide by the relevant provisions of the securities law, the interim measures for the administration of shareholders' reduction of shares in listed companies, etc., regarding the information disclosure of major shareholders, directors, supervisors and senior managers, reduction quotas, reduction restrictions, etc. that is, bian cheng and guan qi will jointly calculate and determine the identity of major shareholders and jointly abide by the relevant reduction ratio restrictions.

in addition, both of them made a "letter of commitment not to reduce holdings of the company's shares", promising not to reduce their holdings of kodak manufacturing shares in any way within 12 months from the date of completion of the non-trading transfer procedures for the above-mentioned shares.

kodak manufacturing believes that guan qi has not held any position in the company or its subsidiaries and has not participated in the company's operations and management. this change in equity will not have a substantial impact on the company's operations and management, and there is no situation that will harm the interests of the company and other shareholders.

a-shares frequently see divorce cases with “sky-high prices”

it is worth mentioning that divorce cases have frequently appeared in a-shares this year.

changchun hi-tech disclosed in mid-january that shareholders jin lei and wang simian had completed the dissolution of their marriage through an agreement, and jin lei intended to split his 30,014,100 shares, accounting for about 7.42% of the company's total shares, into wang simian's name. based on the closing price on the day of the announcement, the market value of the split shares was as high as 4.004 billion yuan.

reliable shares announced at the end of february that the actual controllers of the company, jin liwei and bao jia, had completed the procedures for dissolving their marriage and made relevant arrangements for the division of shares. after the divorce, jin liwei and bao jia basically divided the company's stocks that were originally all registered under jin liwei's name and the property shares of the partnership jointly held by both parties.

minglida announced in early april that its actual controllers tao cheng and lu pingfang had dissolved their marriage after friendly negotiations and made relevant arrangements for the division of divorce property. tao cheng plans to split and transfer the 10.8749 million shares of the company he directly holds to lu pingfang, and also plans to split and transfer the 41.44% equity of shen da lei investment he holds to lu pingfang. the 41.44% equity of shen da lei investment indirectly corresponds to 63.3648 million shares of minglida. based on the closing price of minglida on the day of the announcement, the above shares are worth nearly 1.8 billion yuan.

on the evening of july 12, shanghai hugong disclosed that shareholders shu hongrui and miao liping had recently reached a divorce mediation. shu hongrui should transfer his 39.7075 million shares to miao liping before july 30. based on the closing price of shanghai hugong on july 12, the market value of the above shares exceeded 500 million yuan.