Archive for June, 2007

National Realty and Mortgage, Inc. acquires the BVI-based whole owner of Daqing Sunway Technology Co., Ltd.

Friday, June 15th, 2007

National Realty and Mortgage, Inc. has announced the acquisition of World Through Limited, a corporation registered in the British Virgin Islands.  The deal took place on June 6, 2007. Also, on June 6 Daqing Sunway completed a private placement of $6.7 million through the sale of shares and attached warrants. Subject to certain restrictions, the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into an aggregate of 4,962,963 shares of common stock.

BVI-based World Through Limited controls Daqing Sunway Technology Co., Ltd.
, a Chinese operating company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sunway World Through Technology (Daqing) Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign owned entity organized under the Chinese corporate law.

he control is carried out through a series of contractual arrangements, which give Daqing control over Sunway’s business, personnel and finances as if it were an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary. Sunway is working in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling logistic transport systems and medical dispensing systems and equipment. The principal product of the company is a pneumatic tube logistic transport system which is used by hospitals and other medical facilities.

Over the past two years, Sunway’s business has shown significant growth, with revenues for the year 2006 increasing to $8,914,139, compared to $5,047,365 for the prior year. Revenues for the three month period ended March 31, 2007 were $2,467,228. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, Sunway’s net profits were $4,029,553, compared to $2,352,996 in 2005.

Two China’s Drug Development Companies merging to become subsidiaries of BVI-based holding company

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Sundia MediTech Company Ltd. and Shanghai United PharmaTech Ltd. announced last week about their merger. A letter of intent agreeing to combine these two companies was signed by Sundia CEO Dr. Wang Xiaochuan and United PharmaTech CEO Dr. Shi Xiongwei.

Under the terms of the merger, both United PharmaTech and Sundia MediTech will become subsidiaries of Sundia Investment Group, the BVI-based holding company which is currently the owner of Sundia MediTech.

Dr. Wang will become the new company’s Chairman and CEO, and Dr. Shi will obtain the positions of Director and Executive VP. The senior management teams of both companies will join together into a combined management team.

Sundia CEO Dr. Wang said that part of the reason for the merger is that  it will combine United PharmaTech’s and Sundia’s technical expertise in different fields. Dr. Wang expects this merger to help the new company move to the forefront of the industry.

Dr. Shi stated that the merger was made easier by the similar background and future goals of Sundia and United PharmaTech. He said: “Our businesses are highly complementary and since we have had great success cooperating in the past, the agreement to merge came naturally.”

Sundia MediTech and United PharmaTech were both founded between 2002 and 2003 in Shanghai to provide drug development CRO services in different stages and fields. Over the past three years, both companies have thrived and built strong reputations in their respective specialties.

China’s Meilan International Airport sold to BVI company

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Copenhagen Airports has announced that it has sold its 20% stake in China’s Hainan Meilan International Airport Company (HMA) to Oriental Patron Resources Investment Limited, the company registered in the British Virgin Islands. The amount of sale of HKD544 mln. caused currency losses due to which the full year pretax profit announced by Copenhagen Airports is reduced by 51 mln Danish Krones. The stake in HMA was acquired by the group in November 2002.

Copenhagen Airports representatives said that the currency losses realised due to the sale of the HMA shares will, together with transaction costs and the absence of profit from the investment for the remainder of 2007, reduce the annual profit before tax.

The deal between the Copenhagen Airport and the above-named BVI company took place on June 5, and was actually part of Airport’s strategy to focus on airport in Copenhagen. The proceeds for the sale of Hainan Meilan International Airport Company are planned to be used to repay debt and fund future capital expenditure.

General Steel Holdings, Inc. acquires remaining 30% outstanding shares of its subsidiary from the BVI company

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

China’s first US publicly traded steel manufacturer, General Steel Holdings, Inc., has published a press release saying that it agreed to acquire from Victory New Holdings Ltd. the remaining 30% outstanding shares of its subsidiary, Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Metal Sheet Co., Ltd. The sole shareholder of Victory New Holdings, registered in the British Virgin Islands, is mother of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Steel.

For the acquisition, General Steel Holdings agreed to issue an aggregate of 3,092,899 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, at a price of $2.00 per share. The new shares will have voting power of 30% of the combined voting power of GSHO’s common and preferred stocks. According to an independent appraisal report, the appraised value of the 30% interest is $9,304,796, but the purchase price is $ 6,185,797.

After the closing of the acquisition, General Steel Holdings, Inc. will own 100% of BVI company’s subsidiary Daqiuzhuang Metal. Daqiuzhuang Metal is the producer of hot-rolled steel sheets used mainly in the construction of small agricultural vehicles; the company has a 50% China market share in this product niche.