16 BUSINESS | Markets Wednesday, May 25, 2016 CHINA DAILY FLOATS INDUSTRY SF eyes backdoor listing Tsinghua Unigroup sticks to Taiwan investment plan Rare­earth metals company Dingtai By MA SI and YANG JUN to be utilized in in Guiyang No matter who is Shenzhen listing [email protected] the leader of Tai­ The chairman of chip giant By WU YIYAO in Shanghai Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd has wan, there is always a desire [email protected] insisted the Taiwan leader­ there for development.” ship transition will not affect SF Express, one of China’s the company’s recently Zhao Weiguo, chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd largest courier firms, is plan­ announced investments on ning the reverse takeover of a the island. rare­earth metals company, His comments came as the which will allow it a backdoor Taiwan authorities were But both have been cast The intensified efforts to listing on the Shenzhen Stock reported to have begun into doubt after Taiwan’s boost its chip­related resour­ Exchange. reviewing the Beijing­based new leader Tsai Ing­wen ces come as the mainland The move came to light with­ firm’s proposals to buy stakes was inaugurated on Friday. seeks to reduce its reliance on in a regulatory filing to the worth nearly $1 billion in two Tsai had earlier claimed the imported technology, amid Shenzhen exchange by Maan­ Taiwan chip packaging and deals were a “huge threat” worries that it posed a risk to shanDingtaiRareEarth&New testing firms. for Taiwan. national security. Materials Ltd, a little known Zhao Weiguo, the Uni­ Zhao added: “Investing Roger Sheng, a senior Anhui­headquartered opera­ SF Express employees sort parcels at a distribution center in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. group chairman, said: “No into Taiwan firms can facili­ analyst at research firm tion,andinvolvesanassetswap STEVEN WANG / FOR CHINA DAILY matter who is the leader of tate and accelerate our devel­ Gartner Inc, currently on a and issuance of new shares. Taiwan, there is always a opment. business trip to Taiwan,said If successful, the move — tion would exceed the com­ Group and Jade Capital. desire there for development. “But even if these deals are it has become increasingly which values the eventual firm bined size of the two privately Shares in its intended shell “There is no chance of Tai­ disapproved, we can do chip difficult for mainland firms at 43.3 billion yuan ($6.6 bil­ $6.6 billion held Chinese couriers to reveal company have been suspend­ wan growing unless there is packaging and testing our­ to acquire or invest in Tai­ lion) — will be the latest by a listing plans in recent months: ed from trading since April 5, outside investments. There­ selves, and it would be a loss wan firms since Tsai took courier company seeking to the valuation of SF Express in YTO Express (17.5 billion according to the filing. fore, it will won’t affect our to Taiwan.” office. leverage resources from the its listing plan yuan) and STO Express (16.9 According to a research business.” Unigroup has said it plans “It is not a unique problem capital market. billion yuan). note by Minsheng Securities The State­owned firm to spend 300 billion yuan for Unigroup, but an issue all SF Holdings, parent of SF The filing describes the value Co, SF Express is well ahead of revealed last year it was ($47 billion) over the next mainland companies are Express, is named as the buy­ with the purchase funded by as “reasonable”,considering SF its rivals in terms its infra­ investing $365 million in five years on research and going to face,”Sheng said. er, in what is described in the issuing new shares to the cou­ Express’ current business mod­ structure, talent pool, man­ ChipMOS Technologies Inc, development of chip technol­ “The Taiwan semiconduc­ document as a plan to attract rier company. el, market share and other per­ agement model and most and around $600 million in ogies as well as acquisitions, tor industry is very cautious investors to fund its overseas Dingtai will be converted formances indicators. importantly, business model. Powertech Technology Inc, in a bid to become one of the and anxious about main­ expansion plans. into a logistic company, con­ SF Holdings is known to be The logistics company is for 25 percent stakes in each. world’s top­three chipmak­ land investment.” But he If the deal is approved by trolled by SF Express Chair­ backed by leading private also expanding into other are­ The deals would make Uni­ ers, which will put it on a par added it was also tricky for the China Securities Regulato­ man and founder Wang Wei, equity players including CITIC as, such as payment and sup­ group the largest sharehold­ with global giants such as Unigroup to engage in chip ry Commission, Dingtai will according to the filing. Capital Holding Ltd, Oriza ply chain management, er in Powertech and second Intel Corp, Qualcomm Inc packaging and testing on its officially acquire SF Express, The 43.3­billion­yuan valua­ Holdings, China Merchants Minsheng said. largest in ChipMOS. and Samsung Electronics Co. own. EQUITIES Mainland stocks fall for first time in 3 days on fears raw materials will keep dropping By BLOOMBERG the close. Jiangxi Copper Co demand revival in China ignit­ tion on ferrous metals,” said The Shanghai Composite plunged 3.1 percent. and Angang Steel Co dropped ed a firestorm of speculation. 0.8 percent Steve Wang, chief China econ­ closed at 2,821.67 points. The Ore with 62 percent con­ Chinese mainland stocks at least 1.2 percent, while The frenzy led to a clampdown omist at Reorient Financial Hang Seng Index added 0.1 tent sank 6.7 percent to fell for the first time in three Yanzhou Coal Mining Co from regulators and the decline in the benchmark Markets Ltd in Hong Kong. percent as turnover fell 20 per­ $51.22 a dry metric ton on days, led by commodity pro­ retreated the most in two exchanges, weakening prices Shanghai Composite Index on “The official stance is clearly cent. Monday, the lowest level ducers, amid speculation raw­ weeks. The Hang Seng China once more, including for iron Tuesday against speculation as State Gauges of materials and since March 3, according to material prices will extend Enterprises Index was little ore and steel. media and regulators seek to telecom companies in the Metal Bulletin Ltd. After declines as a faltering eco­ changed. Turnover slumped Chinese manufacturing stabilize prices. Ferrous met­ CSI 300 slid at least 1 percent romping 23 percent higher nomic rebound curbs in Shanghai and Hong Kong. gauges and trade figures have elevated levels of debt have als prices have made a round for the steepest losses among last month as China’s ill­fat­ demand. Raw materials have been on also missed predictions, damped hopes for more eas­ trip back to where their rally 10 industry groups. Angang ed frenzy gathered pace, the The Shanghai Composite a tumultuous ride this year while a high­profile warning ing. started in February and Steel Co declined 2.1 percent, price has tumbled by the Index had slid 0.8 percent at after tentative signs of a by the People’s Daily about “Game is over for specula­ March.” while Yanzhou Coal Mining same amount so far in May. 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