China Fund News reporter Lu Yuan
ST iKang, which has been locked in par value and delisted, and its holding subsidiary, Zhejiang Aikang, have recently been filed for bankruptcy reorganization by creditors because they cannot pay off their due debts and obviously lack solvency.
However, ST Akcome has not yet made any announcements.
Bankruptcy and reorganization of the holding company
Zhejiang Power announced on July 26 that the creditors of Zhejiang Akcome Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhejiang Akcome) applied to the court for bankruptcy reorganization on the grounds that Zhejiang Akcome could not pay off its due debts and obviously lacked solvency.
The court held that Zhejiang Akcome already had the cause of bankruptcy, but it had reorganization value, and it was possible to be reborn through reorganization, so the applicant's request for bankruptcy reorganization was in accordance with the law. The court ruled to accept the bankruptcy reorganization application of Zhejiang iKang, which took effect immediately.
As of April 30, 2024, Zhejiang Akcome had total assets of 2.513 billion yuan, total liabilities of 1.562 billion yuan, and net assets of 951 million yuan, which was obviously insolvent.
Zhejiang iKang is a holding company of ST iKang, with a registered capital of 1.5 billion yuan and a paid-in capital of 1.05 billion yuan, which is 64.46% held by Suzhou Aikang Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Suzhou Aikang), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ST iKang, and 20% by Zheneng Power.
However, ST Akcome has not disclosed relevant matters at this time.
Recently, there have been 20 new equity freezes
As the first listed company of photovoltaic accessories in China, ST iKang is known as the "first stock of photovoltaic accessories", and currently has four high-efficiency cell module industry manufacturing bases in Huzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou and Zhoushan.
However, because the share price of ST iKang has been below 1 yuan for 20 consecutive trading days, according to relevant regulations, the company's shares will be terminated from listing and trading, and trading has been suspended since June 19.
In recent years, ST Akcome has suffered consecutive losses. From 2019 to 2023, the company's net profit will be -1.612 billion yuan, 17.1548 million yuan, -406 million yuan, -833 million yuan, and -826 million yuan respectively. In the first quarter of 2024, its net profit was -213 million yuan.
According to ST iKang's announcement on June 8, its subsidiaries Ganzhou Aikang Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Ganzhou Aikang), Zhejiang Aikang, and Huzhou Aikang Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huzhou Aikang) plan to temporarily suspend the company's high-efficiency solar cell module production line, which will start on June 8, 2024, and is expected to stop production for no more than 3 months.
On June 13, ST iKang also announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Suzhou iKang, will temporarily suspend the company's high-efficiency solar cell module production line, which will start from June 12, 2024, and is expected to stop production for no more than 3 months.
In other words, three of its four major production bases have announced temporary shutdowns. Moreover, Ganzhou Aikang was also pushed to the auction table, and after the first auction failed, it was sold at a reduced price.
In addition, Tianyancha also shows that since June 2024, ST Akcome or its subsidiaries have added 20 new equity freezes. Among them, the largest amount is the equity of Suzhou Akcome 1.508 billion yuan, which has been frozen by the Dengfeng Municipal People's Court since July 24.
As of May 20, ST Elken had 276,800 shareholders.
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