Changpeng Zhao to Acquire a Stake in China Financial Leasing, to Focus on AI, Web3, and Hong Kong Tech Incubation

BlockBeats News, June 25th, according to East Money news, China Financial Leasing announced that the original shareholder Lin Shusong and Capital Venture Capital have transferred a total of 121 million shares to the independent third party Longling Capital (the offeror), accounting for approximately 34.96% of the company's total share capital, at a total price of 46.08 million Hong Kong dollars.

According to the announcement, the offeror intends to make a comprehensive offer at a cash price of HK$0.38 per share. This price represents a 13.43% premium over the company's closing price of HK$0.335 before the trading suspension. It is estimated that the total investment involved in this comprehensive offer will be approximately 85.74 million Hong Kong dollars. The offeror is ultimately beneficially owned by Cai Wensheng, the founder of Meitu and the single largest shareholder. The announcement explicitly states that after the offer closes, he plans to maintain the company's listing status.

The announcement pointed out that Cai Wensheng expressed his intention to build the group into an asset management platform, focusing on investing in Hong Kong's technology incubator companies, and increasing investment in areas such as artificial intelligence, Web3 industry, and digital asset financial products, aiming to develop the group into a world-class investment holding group.

According to market data, China Financial Leasing's stock price is currently at 1.4 Hong Kong dollars, with a 24-hour increase of 317.91%.