(Guanwang Finance Wang Muju) As an A-share listed company, Leo (002131.SZ) invested 50 million US dollars (about 320 million yuan) in Space X owned by Musk, but it was unexpectedly returned. Not only did the "dream of heaven" fail to come true, but the performance of Leo shares itself could not satisfy the shareholders: the net loss in the first three quarters was 88.5706 million yuan.
After the "embarrassing thing" that the investment was returned, Leo shares once fell to the limit on November 25. At the close, Leo shares fell 10.11% to 2.49 yuan, sealing the daily limit. This series of operations of investing in Space X not only made Leo shares receive a letter of concern from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, but also made investors’ doubts increasingly boiling.
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After the market opened today, as of 9: 40: 18, Leo shares reported 2.44 yuan per share, which continued to fall.
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According to public information, the original business of Leo shares is traditional manufacturing, covering a relatively complete industrial chain in the whole pump industry. In 2007, it was listed on the SME board of Shenzhen Stock Exchange. In 2014, Leo entered the field of digital marketing business through the acquisition of companies such as Manku Advertising, and gradually developed it into one of its main businesses.
On the morning of 25th, Leo announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Leo Investment, as a limited partner (LP), and the investment partnership Tomales Bay Capital Anduril III, L.P. (TBCALP, located in the United States) had its capital contribution of USD 50 million returned. The reason is that TBCA GP, the general partner of the partnership, said that he could not accept Leo Investment’s continued holding of LP shares, and planned to refund the contribution of Leo Investment.
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Comprehensive public information, the whole thing is like this:
On 15th of this month, Leo signed an agreement with TBCA LP through its wholly-owned subsidiary "Leo Investment". Leo invested US$ 50 million to invest in the project with TBCA LP. The target is Space X, a well-known company engaged in rocket launch and satellite communication ("Star Chain"), and its founder is Musk.
The next day (16th), Leo Investment set aside the cash.
On November 18, Shenzhen Stock Exchange issued a letter of concern, requesting Leo to disclose the details of TBCA before November 22, including but not limited to the fund size, organizational form, capital contribution method, capital contribution progress, duration, exit mechanism, etc., and explain the specific arrangements and progress of investing in Space X.
Letter of Concern from Shenzhen Stock Exchange (partial)
However, during this time window, the secondary market has already reacted violently. On November 17th and 18th, Leo shares went up for two consecutive days, and on the 19th, its share price once reached a short-term high of 3.08 yuan per share. However, Leo shares soon announced that the other side of the ocean changed its mind: TBCA’s general partner (TBCA GP) said that they could not accept Leo’s investment to continue to hold LP shares, and planned to return the capital contribution.
Open your eyes:
The general partner (GP) has the right to manage the partnership and acts on behalf of the partnership. Limited partners (LP) contribute, while GP contributes. Everyone enjoys the investment income together. The identity of Leo shares in the cooperation is LP. To put it simply, Leo shares gave money, but TBCA GP replied: I won’t do this job, you can take the money back.
Leo shares immediately expressed opposition. On the 24th, the money was returned by TBCA.
According to the announcement, Leo shares believe that there is no legal basis for TBCA to terminate the agreement, and it will not accept the return of investment funds and the recovery of LP shares held by Leo Investment. The Company reserves all rights to safeguard the interests of the Company, including but not limited to initiating judicial proceedings.
On the 25th, Leo shares once fell, and finally closed down 10.11% to 2.49 yuan, sealing the daily limit.
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In Leo stock bar, many angry netizens gathered together and questioned its "advertising", "cheating money" and "fooling people".
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The performance data shows that Leo shares achieved revenue of 14.4 billion yuan in the first three quarters of this year, a year-on-year increase of 35.61%; But the loss is also obvious. According to Time Finance, Leo shareholders explained that "the third quarter was mainly due to too much investment losses, which led to a decline in net profit." The person also stressed that "investment can now be regarded as our third main business."
In addition to making rockets, chips, new energy, meta-universe and other popular tracks, Leo shares are involved.
According to public information, Fujian Pingtan Liheng Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Leo Co., Ltd., signed an agreement with Shanghai Lakeside International Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd., with a capital contribution of 26.5 million yuan (accounting for 999.9623%) to set up a company, and plans to invest in a single equity project in the field of chip design and production. The target is Xima United Measurement and Control (Quanzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.
In 2016, Leo invested in Beijing Chehejia (predecessor of LI), holding 11.75% of its shares, and laid out the field of intelligent electric vehicles. LI’s subsequent popularity made Leo shares almost "famous overnight". In 2021, Leo was listed and traded in science and technology innovation board through the new scenery (688663.SH) invested by its "Pingtan Liheng" company, and laid out the high-power power electronic energy-saving control technology and its product track.
As of June 30 this year, the ending balance of other non-current financial assets of Leo shares was 7.704 billion yuan.
When the market is hot, Leo shares will almost lay out what they want, and the hand speed is fast: during the epidemic, Leo shares laid out the mask field, and it took less than half a month from preparing to set up a medical device company to formally putting the production line into production.
Because of a series of cross-border investments that can’t be played by gossip, in the eyes of many people, Leo shares have become a "hot spot professional household".
In July this year, the company said it planned to invest 100 million yuan to participate in a power battery investment fund; In the same month, the company also announced that it would spend 2 billion yuan on securities investment. This year’s hot meta-universe, Leo shares also participated in it: On November 16th, Leo shares replied to investors on the interactive platform that as early as 2020, the company began to try to apply AI artificial intelligence and AR augmented reality technology to e-commerce live broadcast, and realize the scene application of virtual anchors in multiple dimensions, including self-built virtual anchors for cultivation and marketing, and creating its own AI spokesperson. At the same time, it has also been promoting innovative marketing activities such as the endorsement of virtual idol IP, laying a solid foundation for the real arrival of the meta-universe.
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Earned enough attention, but Leo shares have not been paid attention to by Shenzhen Stock Exchange for the first time this year.
Not long ago, on September 15th, Leo Co., Ltd. just sent a reply to the "Inquiry Letter on the Semi-annual Report of Leo Group Co., Ltd. in 2021" issued by Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Inquiry Letter [2021] No.9 of the Company Department for Semi-annual Report), explaining that its wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangsu Wansheng Advertising Media Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Wansheng Advertising) has made full provision for bad debts of its customers and there are a series of problems in the annual industrial and commercial inspection.
It is worth adding that in addition to investment, the digital marketing business of Leo shares also attracts the attention of the outside world:
In the investor relations activity on May 14th this year, some investors asked: In 2020, the company’s advertising business in ByteDance (huge engine) exceeded 7 billion yuan, up 17% year-on-year. Is there any profit output for a company with a dividend of 700 million yuan?
In response, Leo shares responded: "There is no such thing as what you said."
In August this year, Leo announced that Evergrande Real Estate had failed to pay the advertising fee as agreed in the contract and failed to pay the commercial tickets that had expired, and its subsidiaries took Evergrande Real Estate to court, applying for a total preservation amount of 356 million yuan. Leo shares may have been in the hot spot.
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