Outside Gome's headquarters.
Li Dong said goodbye to Du Juan and got into the car. Li Dong's face was solemn.
Controlling Gome's footsteps began now!
The acquisition of a listed company was generally divided into two methods, tender offer and negotiated acquisition.
At this moment, Li Dong was naturally using the second method.
Tender offer wasn't suitable at the moment. On one hand, Gome was suspended from trading, and on the other hand, tender offer was more restrictive.
According to the regulations, tender offer had a time limit. It could be as short as 30 days and as long as 60 days.
In addition, every 5% increase or decrease in shares had to be announced at the stock exchange and all shareholders had to be notified in writing.
Also, there was another restriction on tender offer, which was the so-called principle of price equality.
In other words, even if you paid a high price to buy the shares from the smallest shareholder, you had to pay the same price to all the other shareholders.
Even the shareholders who had reached an agreement previously had the right to ask you to make up the difference.
For Li Dong, this was absolutely not something he could do.
He offered 30 billion to Shen Xuehua, 2% of the shares, and 600 million.
Once it was done according to the regulations, Li Dong would have to make up for Fukang's 2.4 billion and Gome's 2.4 billion. In an instant, he would have to spend close to 1 billion.
This was still the current situation. The subsequent negotiations with the other shareholders would also cause the price to rise. The difference could be as high as 10 billion. Li Dong naturally didn't want to do this.
These restrictions prevented Li Dong from making a tender offer and could only adopt negotiated acquisition.
Negotiated acquisition was much simpler than a tender offer. The acquirer and the shareholders would deal privately and negotiate privately. The price would be decided by the acquirer and had nothing to do with the third party.
This was the first reason!
Secondly, it was different from a tender offer where all shareholders had to be notified when the shares reached 5% or increased by 5%.
Negotiated acquisition was more lenient on the disclosure of information. An announcement had to be made only when the shares were more than 30%.
Also, once the approval of the securities regulatory agency was obtained, the offer announcement could be waived.
It was hard to say which of these conditions was better or worse.
Tender offer had its advantages, and negotiated acquisition had its advantages. However, for the current Li Dong, the second option was naturally more in line with his expectations.
Li Dong did not expect to get permission from the securities regulator to exempt him from the announcement.
But if the shares are less than 30%, there is no need to make an announcement. This saves a lot of trouble for Li Dong. Otherwise, he will have to make an announcement when he acquires Fukang's shares.
Now, as long as the two parties reach an agreement, Li Dong and Fukang can entrust an intermediary to store their stocks and funds.
In this case, he did not need to submit a written report to the securities agency for the time being.
When Li Dong holds more than 30% of the shares, Li Dong will submit it for review in one go.
In fact, if it was possible, Li Dong would rather hold more than 50% of the shares before submitting the written report in one go. However, according to the regulations, this was against the rules.
At Li Dong's level, he naturally did not want to be attacked when he was acquiring a company.
While Li Dong was deep in thought, Sun Tao and the others remained silent.
About two to three minutes later, Li Dong asked. "Manager Sun, have you made an appointment with JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley?"
There were people from both companies in the meeting room just now.
But these people are only responsible for supervising Gome. If Feng Yu wants to acquire their shares, it is useless to look for them. Feng Yu must look for someone who can make the decision.
Currently, both companies have people in charge in Hua Xia.
Shen Qian and the rest are still in contact with the major bond investment institutions, and they do not have the time to contact these two companies.
Since Li Dong is in Beijing, he wants to end this as soon as possible.
JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley still hold 15% of Gome's shares. After Li Dong acquired Fukang and Shen Xuehua's shares, he holds 18% of Gome's shares.
Altogether, it is 33%, which is not much different from Huang Shi's 35%.
As long as he can get the support of other investment banks or acquire the shares of other investment banks, Li Dong will be able to exercise his rights as a major shareholder.
Within a company, a major shareholder has a lot of power.
Not only can he get more support, but he can also make decisions, issue new shares, and hold board meetings and shareholders' meetings at any time …
These rights are beneficial for Li Dong to completely control Gome.
By then, even if Huang Shi realizes it, it will be too late to change anything in a short time.
What Li Dong wants is to be fast, or he will give Huang Shi a chance.
Although Huang Shi doesn't have much capital, Old Huang has a lot of connections in Chaoshan.
The businessmen in Chaoshan are also united.
If the Huang Shi is given enough time, they are likely to ask for help from Chaoshan businessmen. There are many big businessmen in Chaoshan, including Old Li of Hong Kong.
Once the Huang Shi finds help, Li Dong may not be able to compete with the Huang Shi with his current strength.
Therefore, Li Dong's strategy is to be fast, faster, so fast that Huang Shi has no time to react or raise funds.
Chaoshan businessmen are rich, but it doesn't mean they will support you for free.
When they see that Huang Shi is not in an advantageous position, they will naturally not support him, lest Huang Shi fails in the end and can't repay the loan.
As soon as Li Dong's voice fell, Sun Tao said solemnly, "We've made an appointment. The other party understands our intentions. I mentioned the Weibo, and both sides are very interested in it. If you want to meet, we can meet at night. "
"Then let's meet at night. In the afternoon, accompany me to take care of Fukang's side first. After we solve Xiaomo and Xiaomo, we will have the capital to compete for control of Gome! "
Sun Tao nodded quickly and began to make calls to make arrangements.
Qi Yunna, sitting in the back of the car, was confused. What does he mean?
Although Qi Yunna is a senior executive Far Away and Li Dong's direct subordinate, some things are related to the company's secrets, and she is not at the headquarters, so naturally no one will tell her these top secrets.
The last time Li Dong and Du Juan talked, Qi Yunna felt that Li Dong's requirements were too high.
At that time, when Qi Yunna heard Li Dong's tone, she actually felt that something was wrong.
However, she never thought that Li Dong would have the idea of controlling Gome.
However, the conversation between Li Dong and Sun Tao just now did not escape her. After listening to a few sentences, Qi Yunna's heart was in turmoil!
Fukang, Xiaomo, and Xiaomo, these three are the major shareholders of Gome.
The three of them hold a total of 23% of Gome's shares, and Li Dong actually has the idea of controlling them!
Qi Yunna was shocked. Li Dong's appetite is really big now!
Who would have thought that what Li Dong wants is not just online, not just to invest in Gome, he has a deeper demand!
Seeing that Sun Tao is busy on the phone, and Li Dong is silent, Qi Yunna can't bear it anymore. She said softly, "General Manager Li, what did you and CEO Sun say …"
Li Dong smiled and said, "I thought you can bear it. It seems that your willpower is still not enough. You need to practice more."
Qi Yunna secretly rolled her eyes. My willpower is not enough?
Do you know what you are talking about?
The former retail overlord, even now, it is still in the top five or even top three in the retail industry, the leader of the home appliances industry.
Now, although Suning is the actual leader of the home appliances industry, some official data has not been released, and no official organization has released any data to prove that Suning is the leader.
Therefore, according to the current rankings in 2007, Gome is still the leader of retail and home appliances.
Li Dong now wants to swallow Gome. Anyone would be shocked to hear such a big thing.
When Li Dong told Yuan Chengdao and the others, Yuan Chengdao and the others were all shocked, not to mention Qi Yunna.
After being despised by Li Dong for a while, Qi Yunna felt helpless and said dryly, "General Manager Li, how can I be as strong-willed as you? What you mean is that you are going to buy Gome?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "I think you are mocking me in the first half of the sentence. But forget it. I won't argue with a woman. Since you have heard it, it is good that you know it. Don't spread it. At present, this is still considered confidential. Unless we have negotiated with the two companies, it will easily be ruined. "
Qi Yunna nodded hurriedly. Even if Li Dong didn't say it, she understood that this kind of thing can't be spread.
Far away, the acquisition of Gome would not only affect the shareholders of Gome, but also other industries.
Especially the retail industry. If they really knew about Far away's plan, it was inevitable that they would add to the chaos.
Li Dong saw her nod, smiled and didn't say anything else.
In Capital, Qi Yunna was the landlord. In addition, she was also an executive of Far away and a direct subordinate of Li Dong. There were some things that couldn't be hidden from her.
Since he couldn't hide it, he would let her be prepared in advance to prevent things from being ruined.
…
In the afternoon.
Li Dong and Cheng Gang had a secret meeting.
This time, it was really a secret. Qi Yunna arranged the venue, including the reception, to prevent the news from leaking out.
At present, Li Dong had just entered Gome and he met Cheng Gang. It was easy for people to form an association.
Outsiders didn't know who Cheng Gang was, but it didn't mean that the people of Gome didn't know.
Therefore, this meeting was much more serious than the last time.
When he saw Cheng Gang, Li Dong saw that he had aged a lot and didn't have the mood to sympathize with him. He went straight to the point. "We'll sign the agreement immediately and start the escrow of the shares and funds."
Escrow of the funds and shares meant that Li Dong's money was already in place.
As long as a written report was submitted to the CSRC and Hong Kong Stock Exchange, after the announcement, the transfer of the shares would be officially completed.
This was even more straightforward than the deal between Li Dong and Gome. At least Li Dong didn't pull him back on the issue of funds.
Cheng Gang actually understood what he meant. This guy wanted to end things quickly and didn't want to give him a chance to regret. What's more, this guy probably didn't think that he would live until then.
Looking deeply at Li Dong, Cheng Gang was silent for a while before he said, "Sure, but it's useless for me to sign it. Tomorrow, we'll sign it again. Do you want to find the escrow agency, or should I? "
"I'll do it. Let me make this clear. This is confidential. Within three months, no information can be leaked! Once someone finds out, you'll have to bear all the losses I've caused! "
Cheng Gang didn't care about this. He frowned and said, "General Manager Li is so bold!"
What he cared about was three months!
If no information can be leaked within three months, then there won't be any problems after three months.
That also means that in Li Dong's plan, he only needs three months to acquire Gome.
For a giant company with tens of billions of assets and an overlord in the industry, three months was really a short time.
It's worth it to spend a few years or even longer to get control of such a company.
But now, Li Dong told him that it would be three months, or even shorter.
Cheng Gang had to admit that sometimes, Li Dong was really a person with great resolution. It wasn't easy to make a decision in such a short period of time and carry out practical actions on such a matter.
Li Dong said calmly, "It's not bold. But as long as there's hope, I'll do it. Whether it succeeds or fails, three months later, if it succeeds, everything will be fine. If it fails, I'll give up. There's nothing to hesitate about. "
Cheng Gang didn't say anything else and stood up.
After some thought, Cheng Gang suddenly said, "Chen Yuhua is dead."
Li Dong naturally knew who Chen Yuhua was. He said calmly, "My condolences, Chief Cheng."
Cheng Gang's heart turned cold. He turned to Li Dong and said, "Li Dong, I've always thought that I'm cold-blooded. But now, I realize that I've underestimated the world! An innocent woman died because of you. Don't you feel anything? "
Li Dong frowned and said, "Chief Cheng, you're losing your composure! I don't know if she's innocent or not, but Chen Yuhua's death has nothing to do with me, right? It's your family's business. I don't know how she died! Also, I don't even know her. How am I supposed to feel anything? Should I shed a few tears to show my sympathy? "
Cheng Gang's lips moved. After a while, he said, "If it wasn't for that video …"
"I don't understand what Chief Cheng is talking about."
Li Dong interrupted him. "First of all, I don't know Chen Yuhua. I've only heard of her name and know that she's your sister-in-law. Also, the dead can't be brought back to life. Chief Cheng, please restrain your grief. Finally, there will be a verdict on who's right and who's wrong! Why did she die? Who did she die for? Chief Cheng should know all this better than me. As for me, what does it have to do with me? "
"What does it have to do with you?!"
Cheng Gang murmured. He paused for a while before continuing, "General Manager Li, thank you for teaching me this lesson. I've always underestimated the world. Until now, I understand that I'm just a frog at the bottom of a well. There's a reason why I've wasted all these years. At least, I feel that compared to General Manager Li, I'm not as calm as I used to be. "
Li Dong said lightly, "Chief Cheng, you're too polite. You should prepare tomorrow. Efficiency is the most important thing. As for other things, there's no need for Chief Cheng to talk to me about these trivial matters. "
Cheng Gang laughed self-deprecatingly and did not continue speaking.
At first, he thought that if he said that Chen Yuhua was dead, Li Dong would at least be a little emotional and lose his composure.
Who knew that Li Dong would pretend that nothing had happened.
If it weren't for Li Dong's video, Chen Yuhua wouldn't have died.
Being able to be as calm as Li Dong was not something that could be decided by wealth. It was Li Dong's age.
After this incident, Cheng Gang understood that the young man in front of him was cold-blooded.
It was hard to say about other people, but at least Li Dong was absolutely ruthless when it came to outsiders.
No wonder, no wonder Fourth Brother didn't dare to seek revenge on Li Dong. This man was a bully who feared the strong and bullied the weak!
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