Rebirth

After discussing with Bill and Li Shanquan, Li Feng returned to his office with the documents prepared by Li Shanquan.

Through this material, Li Feng has a more detailed understanding of Standard Chartered Bank.The current Standard Chartered Bank is listed in London and Mumbai, both of which are local star stocks.Li Feng remembered that later generations seemed to be listed in Hong Kong, that is, listed in the three places, and thought that the previous market was so complicated.

At present, the shares of Standard Chartered Bank are relatively scattered, mainly concentrated in the hands of a few major shareholders, but each shareholder’s shares are not too large. The largest of them is Singapore’s Qiu Family, which has about 15% of the shares. The four daughters of the family inherited about 7.5% of Bao Yugang's shares, and the Australian hotel industry tycoon Robert Houmu occupies about 6.7% of the shares.

These are the three white knights who entered the Standard Chartered board of directors when they attacked Standard Chartered in the 1980s. Of course, the first three held a total of 37% of the shares, but now they are a lot less.

At the beginning, Bao Yugang got the most shares and got 14.5 shares. Unfortunately, after Bao Yugang passed away, the fourth daughter who inherited Bao Yugang Investment Group was very disappointed with Standard Chartered Bank. There was not enough return, and slowly, there was not much interest. Over the years, the shares have been continuously reduced, and the Australian hotel tycoon Robert Houmu has also continued to reduce their holdings.

The only exception is the Qiu family in Singapore. The old man Qiu is constantly increasing his shareholding. From less than 10% to 15% now, he has become the largest shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank. The black knight's transforming momentum.

As for the remaining major shareholders, Aberdeen Capital (about 11.7%), Schroder Group (about 7.6%), Lloyds Bank (about 6%), HSBC (about 5%) and the chairman's family The Goldstone family (approximately 8.2%), naturally, there are a large number of large and small shareholders, so I won't mention it.

Li Feng's primary goal is to put the three major shareholders of the White Knights.

After all, the remaining major shareholders are all in the UK, and those shareholders in the UK have relatively close relations with the management of Standard Chartered and the Goldstone family, the nominal controller of Standard Chartered Bank, and it is not time to contact them.

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Among them, the Goldstone family is regarded as the management family of Standard Chartered Bank. Goldstone was originally a senior worker and was ordered to reorganize Standard Chartered Bank after World War II. That is to say, the Goldstone family has been the manager of Standard Chartered Bank since then, even including family members. Few are senior managers of Standard Chartered Bank.The Goldstone family are not entrepreneurs after all, so the shares of Standard Chartered Bank are naturally less.

However, there are members of the Goldstone family in both the London headquarters and the high-level of the Hong Kong branch.This family is considered the biggest obstacle to Li Feng's acquisition of Standard Chartered, otherwise there would be no chance for the three white knights to attack Standard Chartered to be acquired, and then enter the Standard Chartered board of directors.

Aberdeen Capital has been holding Standard Chartered shares for a long time. Therefore, Li Feng is more difficult to acquire, which means that the shares of Aberdeen Capital and the Goldstone family are more difficult.

The rest include Schroder Group and Lloyd Bank. As long as the bid can meet their psychological expectations, they can be acquired. However, this will need to wait for Li Feng to take the initiative. If he goes rashly now, It is unlikely.

As for the other minority shareholders, if you can fight for it then, you can fight for it. If you can't fight for it, then forget it. At most, you can buy or dilute their shares through various means after you have a controlling stake. Anyway, there are various methods.

Putting down the documents and information about Standard Chartered Bank in his hand, Li Feng couldn't help but leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes and pondered, thinking about how to quickly achieve the purpose of acquiring the shares in the hands of the three white knights. He must cut the mess quickly and not give Standard Chartered Bank. Opportunities for management today to react.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of the connections between rich Chinese families in Hong Kong and all over Southeast Asia, and immediately picked up the phone.

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"Richard, it's me, St. John Lee." But it was Li Feng who directly dialed the number of Superman, the second son of the Li family.

"Richard, I'm here to meet you for a banquet."

"Haha..., forget it, you don't need to ask, I want you to help see if your father is free tonight, I am going to come to your house for dinner, don't you mind?"

"OK, I'll wait for your call."

"..."

After a few casual chats, the two hung up.

"Ring Ling Ling..." In less than 10 minutes, Li Zekai's call entered Li Feng's cell phone.

"John, my father replied, saying that you are welcome to come and have a meal in the evening and wait for your drive." As soon as the phone was connected, Li Zekai's voice came, which made Li Feng feel happy.

"OK, say hello to uncle for me, then we will see you tonight!"

"Bye!"

"..."

Hung up the phone happily again, which made Li Feng feel very happy.

Regardless of whether it was Li Feng or Li Zekai, the efficiency of the two was quite high, and they felt a bit resolute. Soon, the matter of Li Feng preparing to visit Li Chaoren was resolved.

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"John, Standard Chartered Bank is one of the top 50 banks in the world, and it has the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong, South Africa, Malaysia and other places. If it is acquired by you, the impact will be great." See Li Feng Everything was arranged. After closing his eyes and resting, Wang Siqing walked behind Li Feng, helped to press his temples lightly, and then said with a smile.

"Standard Chartered Bank is the most easily acquired large banking group, and now East West Bank has begun to expand in the United States, which is considered a firm foothold, while Standard Chartered Bank's main business is in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and other places.

If we can unite with Standard Chartered Bank, East West Bank will mainly expand in the Americas, coupled with Standard Chartered’s main markets, and if we can acquire several European banks, then our financial and banking consortium will be truly global."Li Feng expressed his ambition to Wang Siqing and said.

"If it really works as you think, that's fine!" Wang Siqing replied with a smile on his face.

"Standard Chartered, I am determined to win. This time I told the little Superman to visit his father, just hoping to get the help of the old Superman. If he can be referred, it may be less troublesome." Li Feng again Said with a smile.

"Hmm... Then the relationship between Li Chaoren and Chinese shareholders should be good, right?"

"Hehe..., Hong Kong's rich have always had close relations with Southeast Asia and Southeast Asia."

"I hope everything goes as you wish and all goes well!"

"Haha... don't worry. According to my understanding, the Bao family and the Australian hotel tycoon have no big problems. They have been reducing their shares as long as the bid is reasonable.

As for the Qiu family in Singapore, it seems that his children don’t have much interest in the shares of Standard Chartered Bank. They are all engaged in business hotels and other businesses. Although Mr. Qiu has deep affection for banks, they are old after all."Li Feng replied with a smile, slapped her hand.

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As he was talking, Bill walked into the office with a young Chinese man who was looking at his 30s.

"BOSS, here are a few documents, maybe you are interested?" Bill said with a smile at Li Feng as soon as he entered the office.

As he said, he took a folder from the Chinese man on the side and handed it to Wang Siqing who came out.