Half an hour later, Mr. Collis Mitrovic, whom Uncle Chu had spoken of, finally arrived.
This is an old man in his seventies, dressed very formally, and has the feeling of an old aristocrat.
"Mr. Su, I have heard of your name for a long time. Today I finally see you in person. You are so young and promising!" Mr. Corliss Mitrovic took the lead in greeting Su City.
"Hello, Mr. Corliss Mitrovic." Su Cheng nodded and looked curiously at the old foreign man in front of him.
"Mr. Chu, do you have a room here where I can chat privately? I want to talk to Mr. Su about something." Mr. Corliss Mitrovic looked at Chu Xuanyu and asked.
"Yes, Mr. Mitrovic, and my nephew, please come with me." Chu Xuanyu led them to the door of a room.
"This is a negotiation room. You two can go in and talk slowly."
"Sorry for the trouble, Mr. Chu." Mr. Kollis Mitrovic said with a smile.
"Uncle Chu, let me go in and have a chat with him first." Su Cheng was also curious as to why this old man, whom he didn't know at all, was looking for him.
"Well, you guys go in and chat, I'll wait for you outside." Chu Xuanyu said with a smile.
Chu Xuanyu was naturally very well-behaved and knew that others were discussing some business secrets, so he would not follow them in.
The negotiation room is not large, with an area of only about twenty square meters, but there are four luxurious-looking sofas in it.
Sioux City and Kolis Mitrovic found a random place to sit down.
"Mr. Su, you must be curious, why am I looking for you? Please let me introduce myself. My name is Collis Mitrovic, from Northern Ireland.
1946 I went to Hong Kong from the UK to do business, and later became a shareholder of Jardine Matheson Group in 1958 and joined the Board of Directors of Jardine Matheson. In 1962, I became a member of the Board of Directors of Land Group
In 1968, I returned to the UK from Hong Kong for the development of my family, and I have stayed in the UK since then.
Despite this, I have always retained my identity as a director of Jardine Matheson Group and a director of Land Company. Although I rarely go to Xiangjiang after returning to the UK, especially as I get older, I am more interested in that place. I rarely care about side things.
So I made a plan to liquidate the equity in Xiangjiang. I heard that Mr. Su came to the UK. Mr. Chu and I are business partners. I heard him mention that you two have a good relationship before. , so I took advantage of Mr. Chu’s relationship to meet with Mr. Su to see if Mr. Su was interested in the equity of British-owned enterprises in Hong Kong. "
Hearing what Mr. Kollis Mitrovitch said, Su Cheng thought it was just as he guessed.
"Mr. Kollis Mitrovitch's descendants will not take over the family. Business management? "Su Cheng asked curiously.
"I only have two sons, and neither of them is willing to leave the UK. Their business abilities are also average, so after thinking about it, I thought it would be better to narrow the scope of the industry. Having an industry in the UK can ensure that my family will be worry-free for generations to come. ” Kolis Mitrovic said with a wry smile.
"What shares does Mr. Kolis Mitrovic have in Xiangjiang, and how much is his shareholding?" Su Cheng continued to ask.
Hearing Su Cheng’s words, Kolis Mitrovic felt happy, maybe there was something going on. "Mr. Su, I own 2.89% of the shares of Jardine Matheson Group. When I left Xiangjiang, I almost cleaned up the rest of the stocks, leaving only the shares of Jardine Matheson Group that I value most." Collis Mi Trowitch said with a smile.
3.89%? If the deal is concluded, it will indeed be a big deal.
After all, today's Jardine Matheson has a market value of almost HK$20 billion, which is equivalent to a market value of more than HK$700 million or even HK$800 million.
Sioux City is of course willing to acquire it. Currently, the majority of the entire Jardine Group's equity is in the hands of a British-funded consortium.
If the 3.89% stock is acquired from Kolis Mitrovic, it will be equivalent to weakening the share controlled by the British consortium, and at the same time increasing the share of Sioux City.
After all, although now he is mainly targeting the acquisition of shares of Land Real Estate Company, the shares of Jardine Matheson Group are also very important.
In the future, after the mutual ownership plan between Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group is completed, he will plan to indirectly control Jardine Matheson Group through Land Group. If he can increase more shares of Jardine Matheson Group, it will be beneficial to him In the future, the success rate of controlling two major British banks will be even higher.
"Since Mr. Kollis Mitrovic wants to sell his shares, why doesn't he approach people from your British-funded consortium? I think some of them should be interested, right?" Although Sioux City was already very interested in this stock, he was still very interested. asked curiously.
Aren’t they afraid that Jardine and Land, like Wharf and Hutchison Whampoa, will be secretly controlled by Chinese consortiums?
"Mr. Su didn't know. It's not that I didn't let the news out that I planned to sell my shares. I even had a private conversation with the current head of the Keswick family. However, they had no interest in my shares. Not interested, but also persuaded me to hope that I can retain the equity.
3.89% equity is not a small amount, and it will take a long time to sell it through the stock market, and now the stock market price has suddenly risen and fallen. The stock price can collapse if you are not careful.
So I learned that Mr. Su came to the UK, so I planned to see if Mr. Su was interested in the Jardine shares in my hands. If Mr. Su was interested, I would be happy. I'll be happy to sell you the shares," Mr. Kolis Mitrovic said.
Su Cheng nodded and sat on the sofa to think.
Although the Keswick family is the actual controller of Jardine Matheson Group, in fact, they only hold between 10% and 15% of the shares of Jardine Matheson Group.
The reason why the Keswick family can become the spokesperson of Jardine Matheson Group is that their family is not only the largest shareholder of Jardine Matheson Group, but also has the support of other British financial groups.
Su City has secretly investigated and found that all British and American consortiums control about 40% of the shares of the Jardine Group. As for the Chinese consortium, before Su City had any ideas about the Jardine Group, there was no A powerful Chinese consortium owns shares of Jardine Matheson Group, which means that about 60% of the shares are still in the hands of retail investors.
Retail investors can never unite, and naturally they can easily control Jardine Matheson Group with 40% of their stocks.
Affected by the uncertainties in Hong Kong's future, these British-funded consortiums are actually in a very embarrassing situation.
They do not want to increase their shareholdings, but they also want to control Jardine Matheson Group and even its affiliated Land Company, and they have been guarding against Chinese-funded consortiums.
Su Cheng quickly figured out the contradictions among these British-funded consortiums. The minds of these people were really complicated.
If Sioux City takes over these 3.89% of the stock, then the stock price of Jardine Matheson Group controlled by the British consortium will drop to more than 30 points. It will be very difficult for Suzhou City to control Jardine Matheson Group in the future. The difficulty is equivalent to being reduced. (End of this chapter)