People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

Chapter 344 Voting decision
After saying goodbye to Su Cheng, Nui Bijian left in a hurry.

Although they had talked with Su Cheng and Su Cheng had agreed to acquire their shares if the conditions were met, the result was not good news for Nie Bijian.

It's true that Su Cheng was too cruel.

However, there is no other way to twist the wall.

Now, the news can only be told to the board of directors, who then hold a meeting and vote to decide whether to trade.

Jardine Matheson's decision to sell Wharf shares is now very urgent, and they can't wait to turn the shares into funds immediately.

It would be better if Wharf was still under their control. They would insist on holding Wharf shares no matter how difficult it is.

However, a listed company that was not under their control not only caused them heavy losses, but now also faces operational difficulties for Jardine.

Under such circumstances, they naturally chose to sell Wharf.

Stay and look for opportunities to take back the Wharf?

If it were someone else, they would still believe it.

But now that the world's shipping king controls Wharf, and Huifeng Bank is behind him, they don't have the confidence.

Although the British capital has always looked down on the Chinese capital, they still know how much they weigh.

Seeing the figure of Nui Bijian leaving, Su Cheng smiled, stepped out of the Governor's Mansion, and asked the driver to drive directly back to the Su family villa.

The next morning, Su Cheng still had no intention of going out and continued to stay at home.

With two beauties, Gillian and Amei, waiting for her, Su Cheng was not bored at all at home.

A conference room in the Jardine Group headquarters building was already full of people.

There are more than 30 members of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson. At this time, everyone is here, and they are basically all foreigners.

As the top class member of Jardine Matheson Group, the meeting was chaired by Ni Bijian.

"Dear gentlemen and ladies, I believe you all know the reason for holding today's meeting. Let me repeat it again. Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group hold a total of 29.87% of Wharf stocks. Now our group has not competed since the last time. After the defeat, we are now facing operating difficulties. Therefore, after discussion at Jardine Matheson Think Tank, we can only successfully tide over the difficulties by selling Wharf shares. Otherwise, we will continue to sell our high-quality properties. , this is very detrimental to our future development.

However, currently there is only one person in Hong Kong and even the world who is most likely to be able to acquire our shares, and that is Mr. Sioux City, the current chief executive of Hutchison Whampoa. After I talked to him yesterday, he is willing to acquire our Wharf shares. , but was only willing to pay HK$5 million.

Therefore, the reason why we hold a board meeting today is to vote to decide whether we agree with the sale plan. When the voting starts, if you agree, please raise your hands. If you disagree, please do not raise your hands. Our meeting secretary will count .

What I want to emphasize here is that if we don't agree, we can only continue to sell our properties, such as our Golden Gate Tower, Swire Tower, Prince's Building, Connaught Building and other very important properties in Hong Kong. In this way It can solve our business problems in a short period of time, but the disadvantage is naturally that our assets will be severely reduced.

Now, I will give you 10 minutes to think about it. After 10 minutes, we will vote. "

Guan Bijian stood on the throne and spoke seriously to all the board members.

Whether it is Golden Gate Building, Swire Building, Connaught Building or Prince's Building, they are all very important properties in Jardine, and they are also the most valuable properties in Central District.

Especially Connaught Building, which is now the tallest building in Hong Kong. If it is sold, many people will be interested.

Among them, Prince's Building is the headquarters of Global Shipping Group, the chartering king. The chartering king has been interested in acquiring Prince's Building many times, but Jardine Matheson has been unwilling to sell it.

These properties are located in the core areas of Xiangjiang, and the annual rent is enough to make Jardine Matheson a huge profit.

It is for this reason that Jardine Matheson has always been unwilling to sell these properties.

No smart person would sell a hen that lays golden eggs every year.

Therefore, for Jardine Matheson, it is impossible for them to sell these core properties until they are desperate.By keeping these properties, they can continue to collect high rents every month.

If it's sold, it's really gone.

Wharf's stocks are no longer so important to them.

A company that cannot be controlled has no idea of ​​its future development direction with its shares, let alone the expectation of receiving huge dividends from it.

It is precisely because of this that Tuibijian specifically emphasized this matter.

As the head of Jardine Matheson, he naturally did not want Jardine to sell off all his most important properties.

In the conference room, everyone was whispering and discussing.

As members of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson, they are proud of their British consortium.

Many of them are unwilling to sell Wharf stocks at low prices, but what can they do?
We have to face reality.

Ten minutes later, Guan Bijian looked at the time on his watch, stood up again and said, "Well, now that the time has come, everyone starts voting. If you agree, please raise your hands. If you disagree, you don't need to raise your hands."

After saying that, Tui Bijian took the lead and raised his hand.

As the chief executive of Jardine, he has great authority within Jardine Matheson.

Therefore, by raising his hand, he was taking the lead.

The big financier behind Jardine Matheson, the actual controlling family, the Henry Keswick family, also has representatives here.

Last night, after Tui Bijian returned to his family, he immediately contacted the Henry Keswick family in the UK.

After weighing the pros and cons, support was obtained from the contemporary patriarch of the Henry Keswick family.

Therefore, after Gui Bijian raised his hand, the representative of the Henry Keswick family in Hong Kong also raised his hand.

Some people who had already thought about it also raised their hands.

Some board members who were originally hesitant saw that Taipan and the Henry Keswick family supported the sale. They no longer hesitated and raised their hands directly.

The rest, only a small number of people, chose to oppose it.

Looking at the voting site, Nui Bijian already knew the outcome.

The trend is irreversible.

The meeting secretary has also begun to carefully count the people one by one.

After the meeting, the meeting secretary handed the data to Nui Bijian.

"Everyone, let me announce the voting results of this meeting." Nian Bijian stood up and said.

Everyone fell silent instantly. Everyone knew the result, but the process still had to go.

"At this meeting, 38 people should be present, but 38 people were actually present. The voting results were: 32 people agreed and 6 people opposed. This meeting decided to pass the sale of 29.87% of Wharf's shares to Sioux City for a total price of HK$5 million. Sir." Ni Bijian announced the results of the meeting in a formal manner.

For Jardine Matheson, a British-owned group, the result of this meeting is shameful, but there is nothing they can do about it!

(End of this chapter)