Business changes and acquisitions

Hong Kong IPO disclosure precedents · 253 companies, 295 items

change of business model, discontinued businesses, material acquisitions or disposals in the track record and their effect on comparability

2024-06-28Prospectus
GL-Carlink Technology Holding Limited广联科技控股有限公司02531.HK

We had previously engaged in e-cigarette sales from May 2021 to December 2022, but such sales had ceased after December 2022. Our total revenue from such sales amounted to approximately RMB250,000, comprising approximately RMB171,300 generated in FY2021 and RMB79,400 generated in FY2022, accounted for approximately 0.05% and 0.02% of our total revenue in FY2021 and FY2022, respectively.

Business · p. 277

In light of such regulatory requirements, we initiated the reduction of e-cigarette sales, and completely ceased such activities by December 2022.

Business · p. 278

We have ceased e-cigarette sales and have no plans to relaunch such businesses as at the Latest Practicable Date.

Business · p. 278
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-06-21Prospectus
METASURFACE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS LIMITED元续科技控股有限公司08637.HK

Since its inception, it had always been our Directors’ intention that Metaoptics Technologies will be a long-term investment in our Group with Mr. Thng (who has the relevant optics industry experiences and connections) spearheading its entire business operations.

Summary · p. 4

Up until May 2023, as Metaoptics Technologies had been growing its business operations and expanding its investor base to other independent third-party investors, Metasurface Technologies agreed to transfer an approximately 33.32% equity interest in Metaoptics Technology at a consideration of S$180,000 in aggregate.

Summary · p. 4

The transfer of our approximately 33.32% equity interests in Metaoptics Technologies to Mr. Thng resulted in the recognition in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the year ended 31 December 2023 (a) gains on disposal of a subsidiary of approximately S$2.5 million; and (b) share-based payments of approximately S$2.1 million because the transfer is perceived to be a form of compensation to remunerate Mr. Thng’s past services and contribution to our Group as an employee.

Summary · p. 5
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-05-30Prospectus
Easou Technology Holdings Limited宜搜科技控股有限公司02550.HK

We temporarily suspended our online games publishing services in June 2020 to further optimize our business structure and streamline our operations, considering the change in China’s regulatory environment of online games market.

Business · p. 248

We resumed our online games publishing services in the fourth quarter of 2021 and officially launched our first overseas online game, Civilization(文明), in October 2022 mainly in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Business · p. 250

As a result of the temporary suspension of our online games publishing services, the cost and expenses related to the operation of our online games publishing services decreased accordingly, which enabled us to avoid incurring substantial operating expenses for the online games publishing services business during the period when China suspended its release of ISBN for new games and to re-allocate our existing corporate resources.

Business · p. 249
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-05-30Prospectus
Jiangxi Rimag Group Co., Ltd.江西一脉阳光集团股份有限公司02522.HK

We entered into a share transfer agreement on September 28, 2022 with Wenzhou Yiying Health Clinic Hospital Co., Ltd. (溫州頤影健診醫院有限公司) (the “Wenzhou Yiying Vendor”), pursuant to which we agreed to acquire 60% equity interest in Wenzhou Yiying from the Wenzhou Yiying Vendor at a consideration of RMB26.4 million (the “Acquisition of Wenzhou Yiying”), with the remaining equity interest being held by the Wenzhou Yiying Vendor.

Financial Information · p. 444

Our intangible assets increased by 44.5% from RMB32.0 million as of December 31, 2022 to RMB46.2 million as of December 31, 2023, primarily due to (i) our acquisition of Wenzhou Yiying in August 2023 and (ii) our procurement of office softwares in 2023.

Financial Information · p. 431
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-05-30Prospectus
Jiangxi Rimag Group Co., Ltd.江西一脉阳光集团股份有限公司02522.HK

Our net other gains primarily consist of (i) net gains on disposal of property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets in relation to certain property, plant and equipment sold to third-party medical institutions when we cease the operation of certain medical imaging centers,

Financial Information · p. 416

Net gain on disposal of a subsidiary | − | 3,169 | 1,618

Financial Information · p. 416
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-05-23Prospectus
Autostreets Development Limited汽车街发展有限公司02443.HK

Revenue generated from arrangement for sale of used vehicles decreased by 48.6% from RMB154.1 million in 2021 to RMB79.3 million in 2022 and decreased by 19.8% to RMB63.6 million in 2023.

Summary · p. 11

Decreases in our revenue generated from arrangement for sale of used vehicles were primarily due to the decreases in the number of consumer trade-in vehicles transacted under this business segment, which were in line with the decreased scale of this business and our collaborating dealership groups’ evolving demand for our arrangement for sale of used vehicle services in response to the changing circumstances (including the decrease in the sales price of new vehicles, which created more uncertainty to the profitability of their used vehicle business).

Summary · p. 11

In 2021, 2022 and 2023, approximately 55,000, 34,000 and 30,000 used vehicles were transacted under this business segment, and most of these vehicles were subsequently transacted through our transaction platform.

Business · p. 241
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-05-19Prospectus
EDA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDEDA集团控股有限公司02505.HK

Note: This prospectus includes two Accountants’ Reports set forth as Appendices IA and IB, respectively.

Summary · p. 5

Our Group recorded other intangible assets of RMB73.3 million as of December 31, 2021, primarily due to acquisitions of technology and customer relationship through our acquisition of Shenzhen EDA Group in December 2021.

Financial Information · p. 388
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-05-17Prospectus
Qunabox Group Limited趣致集团00917.HK

During the Track Record Period, our revenue derived from marketing campaign service decreased from RMB26.8 million in 2021 to RMB7.4 million in 2022 and further to RMB7,000 in 2023.

Business · p. 233

In 2023, in addition to providing SMS data packages, we began offering short video platform traffic acquisition service to our brand customers.

Business · p. 243

In particular, we enhanced capability of utilizing social media platforms for our marketing services and began offering short video platform traffic acquisition service to our brand customers in 2023.

Summary · p. 1
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-04-16Prospectus
Mobvoi Inc.出门问问有限公司02438.HK

Upon our disposal of Mobvoi JV in 2022, the tracking of the number of users of our in-vehicle speech dialogue system was discontinued.

Summary · p. 3

The decrease from RMB130.7 million in 2021 to nil in 2022 was due to our disposal of online education business. It remained nil as of December 31, 2023.

Financial Information · p. 472

Our Group had transferred the control of the relevant deliverables to Mobvoi JV and had satisfied all rectification requirements during the second half of 2023.

Financial Information · p. 462
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-03-20Prospectus
Lianlian DigiTech Co., Ltd.连连数字科技股份有限公司02598.HK

We had decrease of working capital of RMB130.5 million in 2020, primarily due to the micro-loan and factoring services issued loan to customers of RMB120.4 million, which business was discontinued in May 2021.

Summary · p. 28

Our reversal of impairment losses on financial assets of RMB2.5 million in 2020 and impairment losses on financial assets of RMB0.1 million in 2021 were mainly related to our micro-loan and factoring services.

Financial Information · p. 426
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-03-18Prospectus
Palasino Holdings Limited百乐皇宫控股有限公司02536.HK

We began preparing for the launch of our Online Gaming Business with the establishment of Palasino Malta in July 2021.

Summary · p. 1

The scale of the initial operation will be minimal with expectations of limited players during the first six months of operations.

Summary · p. 10

Palasino Malta has been granted a Gaming Service Licence B2C Type 1 by the MGA with a term of 10 years effective from 14 November 2022.

Summary · p. 10
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-03-18Prospectus
Palasino Holdings Limited百乐皇宫控股有限公司02536.HK

On 27 February 2024, Palasino Group entered into a framework share purchase agreement with CAIAC Fund Management AG (being the fund manager acting on behalf of Czech Real Estate Investment Fund) (the "Vendor"), pursuant to which Palasino Group agreed to purchase 100% of the equity interest in Retail Park Mikulov s.r.o., a company incorporated in the Czech Republic ("Retail Park Mikulov") held by the Vendor for a cash consideration of CZK42.0 million (equivalent to approximately HK$14.7 million) (subject to adjustment by reference to net asset value less bank debt, which adjustment is estimated to be approximately CZK1.1 million (equivalent to approximately HK$0.4 million)) (the "Mikulov Acquisition").

Summary · p. 30

It is the plan of our Group to convert the Property to be a land-based casino.

Summary · p. 30

The Mikulov Acquisition was completed by the end of February 2024.

Summary · p. 30
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-03-13Prospectus
MIGAO GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED米高集团控股有限公司09879.HK

Following the amendments to the respective articles of association of Baoqing Migao and Anda Migao by removing the specific terms which would require consent of all of their shareholders on certain matters, we have obtained control over Baoqing Migao and Anda Migao and they became our subsidiaries and ceased to be related parties of our Group from 31 March 2022.

Financial Information · p. 431

Following the inclusion of Baoqing Migao and Anda Migao as our subsidiaries on 31 March 2022, our estimated annual production capacity for SOP increased by approximately 144,000 tonnes as at the Latest Practicable Date, which is expected to contribute to the expected increase in revenue in the near future.

Financial Information · p. 363

The net gain of RMB12.1 million recorded in FY2022 was mainly attributable to the gain on deemed disposal of joint ventures of RMB13.0 million derived from the acquisition of subsidiaries through obtaining control over two former joint ventures of our Group, namely, Anda Migao and Baoqing Migao.

Financial Information · p. 404
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2024-02-29Prospectus
Lesi Group Limited乐思集团有限公司02540.HK

For the years ended 31 December 2020, 2021 and 2022 and the nine months ended 30 September 2022 and 2023, (i) there were 13, 4, 88, 61 and 3 customers migrated to our mobile advertising solutions services, respectively, and (ii) our revenue generated from these migrated customers amounted to approximately RMB56.0 million, RMB122.3 million, RMB136.3 million, RMB79.8 million and RMB2.6 million, respectively.

Summary · p. 5

It exposed our Group to credit and liquidity risks because we may need to make prepayments to suppliers for these customers before arranging for bidding of advertising space.

Business · p. 187

Thus, we implemented our strategy to serve customers with greater advertising needs in general.

Business · p. 187
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2023-12-29Prospectus
Tianjin Construction Development Group Co., Ltd.天津建设发展集团股份公司02515.HK

Since late 2020, in order to capture the business opportunities arising from the substantial investment in infrastructure projects of larger size by the local government in Tianjin, we adjusted our business focus from small-to-mid size construction projects to large scale construction projects (i.e. projects with original contract value (not including VAT) of more than RMB10.0 million) to expand our business and enhance our market position in the construction industry in Tianjin.

Summary · p. 3

During the Track Record Period, we recognized revenue of RMB45.6 million, RMB203.2 million, RMB241.6 million and RMB75.3 million, from 6, 11, 19 and 12 large scale projects, respectively, accounting for 49.4%, 73.9%, 83.9% and 71.2% of our total revenue of the same year/period, respectively.

Summary · p. 3

Despite we adjusted our business focus since late 2020 from small-to-mid size construction projects to large scale construction projects, particularly municipal public construction projects, there was no material change in our profitability during the Track Record Period, and our gross profit margin maintained relatively stable at 28.4%, 26.1%, 25.2% and 25.1% respectively during the Track Record Period.

Summary · p. 4
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2023-12-29Prospectus
Changjiu Holdings Limited长久股份有限公司06959.HK

On November 30, 2021, Changjiu Industrial and we entered into a business transfer agreement, pursuant to which Changjiu Industrial agreed to assign to us all of its rights and obligations under its then existing pledged vehicle monitoring service agreements for a total consideration of RMB45.5 million.

Business · p. 193

The revenue generated from automobile dealerships under Unassigned Contracts and Entrustment Agreement was RMB3.6 million, RMB37.8 million, RMB20.6 million and RMB19.1 million in 2021 and 2022 and the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2023, respectively, accounting for 0.8%, 6.9%, 8.0% and 6.2% of our total revenue during the same periods, respectively.

Financial Information · p. 274

Our income tax expense increased significantly from RMB9.4 million in 2021 to RMB31.7 million in 2022, which was primarily due to the Reorganization in 2021.

Financial Information · p. 297
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2023-12-29Prospectus
CONCORD HEALTHCARE GROUP CO., LTD.美中嘉和医学技术发展集团股份有限公司02453.HK

Our intangible assets increased from RMB698.5 million as of December 31, 2020 to RMB902.3 million as of December 31, 2021 primarily due to increases in goodwill and patents and technology in connection with the acquisition of Beijing Healthingkon, partially offset by a decrease in operating license as a result of the disposal of our equity interest in Beijing Century Friendship together with the licenses it held.

Financial Information · p. 351

We recorded other income and other net losses of RMB7.8 million in 2021, compared to other income and other net losses of RMB11.8 million in 2020, primarily due to gain on disposal of a subsidiary of the RMB30.0 million we recognized in 2021, resulting from the disposal of our equity interest in Beijing Century Friendship, partially offset by an increase of RMB29.6 million in provision for impairment of amounts due from related parties, which was derived using general approach of expected credit loss model and is non-cash in nature.

Financial Information · p. 348
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters
2023-12-27Prospectus
ROBOSENSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD速腾聚创科技有限公司02498.HK

In December 2022, we acquired a 49% equity interest in Luxsense, an associate of our Company, which manufactures modules for our LiDAR products.

Business · p. 209

Such strategic acquisition enables us to gain better control over the production of modules for our products to ensure stable supply to customers and allows us to closely monitor product quality and communicate with the production facilities more effectively.

Business · p. 209

In 2022, we also entered into manufacturing service agreements with Luxsense for the production of modules for our LiDAR products.

Business · p. 206
The company's explanation, the adviser's view and the page in the filing: see Matters

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