Red Star Capital Bureau reported on January 7 that recently, *ST Oceanwide (000046.SZ, hereinafter referred to as Oceanwide Holdings) has attracted attention with an announcement on increasing its holdings.
On the evening of January 4, *ST Oceanwide announced that the company's controlling shareholder, China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Oceanwide"), plans to increase its holdings of the company's shares through centralized bidding in the secondary market within four months from September 5, 2023, with a planned increase of 100 million yuan to 200 million yuan. As of January 4, 2024, the expiration of the above-mentioned shareholding increase plan, China Oceanwide has increased its holdings of 1,100 shares of the company due to the implementation of the above-mentioned shareholding increase plan, with a total increase of 2,889 yuan.
The company said that due to its own financial pressure and poor financing channels, China Oceanwide failed to reach the lower limit of the amount of the increase plan within the commitment period. The controlling shareholder of the company failed to fulfill its commitments, violating the relevant provisions of the "Self-Regulatory Guidelines for Listed Companies on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange No. 10 - Management of Share Changes".
Previously, in May 2023, *ST Oceanwide had been below $1 for many consecutive trading days. Subsequently, the company issued a plan to increase the holdings of directors, supervisors, senior executives and controlling shareholders, and the stock price also rebounded for a period of time, but the increase in holdings was obviously weak in the later stage, and the company's stock price finally turned down.
On December 28, *ST Oceanwide announced that it had received the "Prior Notice" issued by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, because the daily closing price of the stock for 20 consecutive trading days was lower than 1 yuan, which touched the termination of the listing of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange planned to decide to terminate the listing of *ST Oceanwide shares.
According to public information, the actual controller of Oceanwide Lu Zhiqiang was once the richest man in Shandong. Lu Zhiqiang was born in Weihai, Shandong Province in 1952 and started his business in 1985. In 1998, Lu Zhiqiang's Guangcai Business Investment Group Co., Ltd. was listed on the backdoor. Since then, after the change of equity, the company's stock abbreviation has changed from Guangcai Construction to Oceanwide Construction.
Real estate was once Oceanwide's main business. At the beginning of 2014, the board of directors of Oceanwide Holdings made a decision on the strategic transformation and development of the company, transforming from a single listed real estate company to a comprehensive holding listed company covering finance, real estate, strategic investment and other businesses, and the company name was also changed to Oceanwide Holdings.
At its peak, Oceanwide participated in the holding of dozens of listed companies, covering real estate, energy, finance, science and technology, overseas investment and other fields, with total assets of more than 300 billion yuan.
In 2016, Oceanwide Holdings ushered in a highlight moment, achieving revenue of 24.67 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 79.4%, setting a historical record.
Lu Zhiqiang's personal wealth has also risen, and he entered the top 10 of the "Hurun Report" in 2015 and 2016. In 2015, Lu Zhiqiang became the richest man in Shandong with a wealth of 83 billion yuan.
Edited by Yang Cheng
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