Chapter 72 I really didn’t expect you to have such great ambitions!
Brand and others hold a total of 21.5% of Hutchison Whampoa shares, which means they hold a total of approximately 86 million shares.
7.5 Hong Kong dollars per share, the funds Su City needs this time are 645 million Hong Kong dollars.
For Su City, which now has more than 4.5 billion in available funds, this is really trivial.
On the same day, after the six people signed the contract, they went home to get their share certificates.
In Sioux City, they came to the Xiangjiang Branch of Halifax Bank and were waiting for them here.
As one of the largest banks in the UK, Halifax Bank naturally has a branch in Hong Kong.
Before returning to Xiangjiang, Sioux City also deposited part of the funds in Halifax Bank, just to make it easier to access them at any time when returning to Xiangjiang.
Before the bank closed business, all five shareholders came to the bank.
Su Cheng also readily transferred all the money to them.
After the transaction was completed, Su Cheng returned to Tianyuan Building with the equity certificate.
At this point, this transaction has been successfully completed.
Starting today, the Hutchison Whampoa stock held by Sioux City has officially increased from 65.8% to 87.3%.
This shareholding has far exceeded the 75% shareholding requirement. It is time to completely privatize Hutchison Whampoa.
But before that, Su Cheng wants to talk to Weili again. No matter what, he does not want the current Hutchison Whampoa to lose this general.
Of course, if Wei Li really can't be persuaded, at least the team he built must stay.
Otherwise, without the right people to control the situation in a short period of time, Hutchison Whampoa will be prone to chaos.
It seems that I have to go to Hutchison Whampoa to see Wei Li tomorrow.
Su Cheng believes that if there is no other way, Wei Li will not easily let go of Hutchison Whampoa, which has spent three years of energy to finally get its development back on track.
This is all his hard work.
He also did not ask the five Hexuan shareholders to keep it secret, because there is no need to keep it secret anymore.
So, if nothing unexpected happens, Weili will know about the stock trading tonight.
The next morning, Su Cheng asked the driver to take him to the Hutchison Whampoa headquarters.
At this time, in the office of Chairman Hutchison Whampoa, Wei Li was alone in deep thought. His heart was in a state of confusion. This was something he had never experienced since he took office at Hutchison Whampoa in 1975.
Last night, Brandi told Weili about the transaction over the phone.
Wei Li did not expect that Su City would hide it so deeply. Even though it already controlled 38.9% of the shares, it was still not disclosed at the last board meeting.
Now, 16.5% of the stocks have been captured again in one fell swoop.
In other words, Su Cheng did not disclose the other part of his stocks, but now the stocks that have been disclosed on the surface have exceeded 55%.
How to play this?
In the past, it was more beneficial for Weili to control Hutchison Whampoa with more small shareholders. After all, those people only held stocks and had no say at all.
But now, it has become a burden.
Under normal circumstances, a vote on the company requires more than 2/3 of the votes to pass.
Because there are too many scattered shares, Sioux City can completely control Hutchison Whampoa's power by relying on these 55% of the shares.
"Mr. Wei Li, you should be waiting for me." Su Cheng walked directly into Wei Li's office and said with a smile.
"Mr. Su, I really didn't expect you to have such great ambitions." At this point, Wei Li didn't know what to say. What was before him now were just two paths.
Either leave or stay on.
He was unwilling to leave on his own.
If you stay in office, you will definitely be subject to Su City.
In this way, it is very uncomfortable for him to manage a company.
Of course, there may be only one way to go, and that is for Su Cheng to oust him.
“I can’t talk about ambition, this is just my goal for many years. In fact, I have already had the idea of taking Hutchison Whampoa as my own, and I have been putting it into action in the past few years. Now, it can be regarded as I achieved my goal," Su Cheng said with a smile.
"I wonder what Mr. Su is going to do with me? Are you going to tell me to get out of here, or?" Wei Li finally asked.
Thinking about the past few years, in order to manage Hutchison Whampoa well, he has put in more energy than ever before.
After all, the original contract signed with Hutchison International stated that as long as the group made a profit, he could get 2.5% of the profit.
But now, Hutchison Whampoa has finally made a profit, but he is about to be ousted?
No one will be willing to accept this.
"Mr. Wei Li, to be honest, I highly recognize your talent, so here, I very solemnly invite you to continue to stay at Hutchison Whampoa. The previous salary and benefits will not change, but , the position of chairman is more suitable for me, and for you, I will appoint you as the CEO of Hutchison Whampoa." Su Cheng expressed his sincerity directly.
Becoming the first Chinese executive to take over a major British-owned bank is a good name, and Sioux City is ready to take it.
After all, the Wharf is still fighting.
If he doesn't take over, the title will have to be taken away by the Charter King.
Although this leader has no actual interests, it can bring him fame.
As long as he succeeds in taking over Hutchison Whampoa, he will have a prestige no less than that of the Charter King among the Chinese business community in Hong Kong.
Anyone who sees him will give him a face, which will naturally make it more convenient for him to do things.
Xiangjiang is, after all, the base camp of Su City. If he is not recognized at the base camp, then he has really failed.
"Mr. Su, the reason why I was able to turn Hutchison Whampoa into a profit was because Huifeng Bank did not interfere too much in my management in the past. If due to your excessive interference, I cannot continue Hutchison Whampoa's management step by step, say To be honest, even if I stay in Hutchison, it would be better for me to leave here." Wei Li shook his head.
For Weili, he is just a professional manager. He really doesn't care who Hutchison Whampoa's equity belongs to.
What he cares about is whether shareholders interfere with his management.
"If Mr. Weili agree to stay, I promise that what I said before at the board of directors will still count. I will not interfere in the group's affairs at will. I will not interfere too much in the group's main development plans. , I only exercise my power of supervision, I wonder how Mr. Wei Li feels?" Su Cheng continued.
Su Cheng himself was just an ordinary person in his previous life, with no business management experience.
After five years in this life, he has some experience. If he is just allowed to manage a small company, it will be okay, but a large company like Hutchison Whampoa simply does not have this ability.
If the management of the group is handed over to him, he really has no confidence in managing Hutchison Whampoa well.
This is why he likes to be a hands-off shopkeeper. Only when professionals do professional things can the company develop better.
"If it is true as Mr. Su said, not to interfere in the specific development of Hutchison Whampoa, I agree to your terms!" Wei Li finally chose to agree.
Staying here is nothing more than losing your status as a senior classmate. In fact, it is no different from before.
Please give me a monthly ticket, double monthly ticket event, 1 ticket equals 2 tickets, too few will be ugly, thank you~
(End of this chapter)