v3 Chapter 1069： Duke Howard (1/2)
”I know!”
”Have you collected all the information about the French banking industry?”
Xia Yu nodded slightly, and then asked again.
George Berkeley immediately said: ”Yes, the ”Banker” magazine under the Financial Times Group is the most professional information collection and analysis platform in the global banking industry. Last month I asked them to specially organize the French banking information.”
”However, now that more than a month has passed, there may be some changes. Give me a few days and I will ask the Financial Times Group to adjust the data to the latest situation.”
”Well, yes, collect it and you can give it to me!”
Xia Yu showed a smile, nodded and said.
George Berkeley was silent for a moment. Seeing that Xia Yu didn't speak any more, he asked, ”Boss, what about the second telecommunications company? What should I do?”
Xia Yu thought for a while and said, ”This matter mainly depends on the attitude of the government. Let me try. You are ready to negotiate and wait for my instructions at any time.”
”Ok!”
George Berkeley immediately obediently responded.
Speaking of telecommunications companies, Xia Yu thought of Great Eastern Telecom, which had been privatized before, and he asked about the company's current status.
”George, after the partial privatization of Dadong Telecom, what is the situation now?”
There was a flash of memory in George Berkeley's eyes, he pondered for a long time, sorted out his thoughts, and said from an appropriate angle: ”Boss, although the largest shareholder is still the government, the government does not interfere with the company's operations, but just Supervisory role.”
”In the past five months, the company has changed its management on a large scale, and has completed layoffs of 30%. In the third quarter, revenue and profits have not declined. Everything is moving in a good direction.”
”Although Dadong Telecom still has 12% of the shares in the hands of others, the development of the company mainly depends on the will of us and the Howard family, and we occupy a more important position. Prince Philip basically does not care about this. The other families can't get involved...”
With George Berkeley's eloquent words, the corners of Xia Yu's mouth slowly conjured up.
It seems that Dadong Telecom Company mainly implements the will of Bright Fund.
But think about it.
The second largest shareholder of Dadong Telecom is the Bank of Barings, which holds 20% of the shares.
Then the third largest shareholder is Standard Chartered Bank, which holds 12%.
The fourth largest shareholder is Bright Fund, which holds 7%.
In addition to the 49% held by the government, the remaining 12% of the equity is dispersed in the hands of other families and companies.
Among the four largest shareholders of the Bank of Barings, although the largest shareholder is the Howard family's Locke Fund, which holds 35 percent of the shares.
But the second largest shareholder is Jiuding Bank holds 25%.
The remaining Bright Fund and Prince Philip’s Black Rose Capital each have 20%.
In fact, Xia Yu's party holds 45% of the shares.
Although the Howard family is now mainly operating the Bank of Bahrain, he can still take the lead in Dadong Telecom.
But after all, Dadong Telecom Company is not absolutely controlled by him. The government has 49% of the remaining shares. When the next privatization, he will not dare to win 100% of the tickets, so Dadong Telecom is owned It's not clear.
Therefore, the best way is to use the existing rights to complete the strategic deployment as much as possible first, so that stability is the top priority!
After thinking about this, Xia Yu said to George Berkeley: ”George, Dadong Telecom also holds 45.7% of the shares in the Xiangjiang branch. Now my company in Xiangjiang has only acquired 30%. The 1.3 equity is still 35.4% short of Absolute Holdings.”
”I give you a task to let Dadong Telecom Company transfer the shares of Xiangjiang Branch as soon as possible. There is no need to transfer all of it. A small part can be left as a bond of cooperation, but at least 35.4% of the shares must be transferred. , I need to absolutely control the branch of Xiangjiang, which involves strategic planning.”
”Can it be done?”
George Berkeley frowned, thought about it, nodded heavily, and said: ”Boss, this is a certain difficulty, but I will do my best!”
”that's OK!”
”On the telecommunications side, these two things I said.”
”Do you have any other questions?”
Xia Yu asked with a smile.
”Boss, I have something to report to you...”
Next, George Berkeley talked about some work matters, and Xia Yu could answer or promise to solve it on the spot...