Allied Weli Development Limited

Re Allied Weli Development Ltd
HK Court of First Instance, 20-Jul-2022
Re Allied Weli Development Ltd
HK Court of Appeal, 13-May-2022
The applications of Eugene Chuang Yue Chien and 5 others to appeal a judgment and order for production of documents and private examination is refused. The liquidators are trying to discover what happened to over HK$2.8bn of net assets in the "impugned transactions". Unfortunately, the judgment to which this refers, [2021] HKCFI 1247, and a decision of that judge also refusing leave to appeal, [2021] HKCFI 2968, are not available.
Allied Weli Development Ltd vs Eugene Chuang Yue Chien & 65 others
HK Court of Appeal, 4-Aug-2021
Mr Chuang's application for leave to appeal against the dismissal by the Court of First Instance of his appeal against extension of a writ is dismissed.
Allied Weli Development Ltd vs Eugene Chuang Yue Chien & 65 others
HK Court of First Instance, 30-Mar-2021
Mr Chuang's application for leave to appeal against the extension of an unserved writ is dismissed.
Allied Weli Development Ltd vs Eugene Chuang Yue Chien & 65 others
HK Court of First Instance, 27-Oct-2020
"If the respondents' evidence is taken at face value, none of them has any meaningful information, documents or recollection of what happened to the Company's HK$2.86 billion worth of assets, who was involved and who benefited from the Divesting Transactions - a case of collective amnesia."
Allied Weli Development Ltd vs Eugene Chuang Yue Chien & 65 others
HK Court of First Instance, 25-Aug-2020
"Extraordinarily, the Liquidators were denied access to any books and records of the Company upon their appointment. They were even refused entry to the Company’s premises and escorted away by security guards…"
Penta Investment Advisers Ltd v Allied Weli Development Ltd
HK Court of Appeal, 28-Aug-2017
The person funding Allied Weli's appeal is revealed as one Lee Kuo Juy. That person is also a substantial shareholder of Inno-Tech (8202).
Penta Investment Advisers Ltd v Allied Weli Development Ltd
HK Court of Appeal, 18-Jul-2017
"there is evidence which suggests dissipation of the assets of the Company". The appeal against the winding-up order is rejected and the person funding Allied Weli's appeal is ordered to be identified for a costs order against him.
National Investments Fund (1227) annual report
Company filing, 28-Apr-2016
This reveals that on 17-Jun-2015, NIF took a 1-month HK$30m loan from an unnamed "financial institution" secured on 3 investment subsidiaries, and the related investments, 8.2m shares of HEC Capital Ltd and 210 shares of Co-Lead Holdings Ltd, were transferred on 28-Jul-2015 to partially settle the loan for $22.5m. The HECC shares came from a merger on 30-Apr-2012 in exchange for 4.1m consolidated shares of Cordoba Homes Ltd and 4.1m shares of Hennabun Capital Group Ltd, both subscribed in 2011 for a total of $49.2m. NIF subscribed the Co-Lead shares in Sep-2014 for $59.85m. So investments which cost $109.05m have been disposed for $22.5m, a 79.4% loss.
Allied Weli Development Ltd ordered to be wound up
HK Court of First Instance, 22-Feb-2016
"I'm satisfied that the contents of the petition justify the court exercising its discretion to wind up the Company on the grounds of insolvency so that its affairs can be thoroughly investigated." - Justice Jonathan Harris
Penta Investment Advisers Ltd v Allied Weli Development Ltd
HK Court of Appeal, 11-Dec-2015
Penta Investment Advisers Ltd v Allied Weli Development Ltd
HK Court of Appeal, 18-Aug-2015
Penta Investment Advisers Ltd v Allied Weli Development Ltd
HK Court of First Instance, 14-Oct-2014
Penta successfully sues a BVI company at the centre of what we call the "Chung Nam Network" over a guarantee of a profit from a subscription of shares in Mascotte (0136) which followed a heavy loss on an earlier subscription in Freeman (0279). The claimed quantum is HK$211m. After a restructuring, Allied Weli is now a 100% subsidiary of HEC Capital Ltd.
China Strategic (0235): proposed acquisition of stakes in Cordoba Homes Ltd
Company announcement, 2-Sep-2013
An initial purchase of 77m shares (20.23%) from HEC Capital Ltd, which owns 100%, with subscription options to reach 51%, in effect a backdoor listing. The filing reveals that Cordoba's stake in Allied Weli Development Ltd (fka Hennabun Capital Group Ltd) valued at HK$1609m, was distributed to HECC in the year to Mar-2013. The stake was 47.96% at last dislcosure, 18-Sep-2012. Top current HECC holders are disclosed. We can add that Ristora is or was owned by Karen Lo Ki Yan and Quinella is or was owned by Lynn Hsieh Cheng Lu. Update: the deal was aborted on 29-Nov-2013.
Hao Tian (0474) buys a yacht for HK$65m
Company announcement, 25-Oct-2012
The yacht, named "aquarius" has been floating around the "Chung Nam Network" for years - its holding company, Uprite Ltd, was acquired by Willie (0273) in May-2008 from a company 75%-owned by Eugene Chuang Yue-chien, brother of Willie's Chairman. Uprite was then injected into a BVI vehicle, Cordoba Homes Ltd, in which numerous listed companies in the network invested. We now consider Hao Tian to have joined the network.
Tack Fat (0928) proposes 90m options for directors and 210m options for "consultants"
Company announcement, 6-Oct-2011
100m options go to Alice Yu Man Fung. She is an SFC-licensed representative of Radland International Ltd. 10m go to Margaret Wong Wan Men. She is a Responsible Officer of CU Corporate Finance Ltd. Both Radland and CUCF are fellow subsidiaries of Chung Nam Securities, all owned by Hennabun Capital Group Ltd. We don't know who Ko Po Yee is, but s/he gets 100m options.
China Yunnan Tin (0263) subscribes HK$90m at $6 per share for 3.88% of Hennabun
Company announcement, 4-Aug-2011
Capital VC Ltd (2324) proposes to issue 29.72% of enlarged capital to Willie (0273)Willie announcement
Company announcement, 9-Jun-2011
The subscription is at a 59% discount to NAV at 30-Apr-2011. Capital VC will thereby enter what we call the "Chung Nam Network" which includes several listed companies and 2 other Chapter 21 investment companies: Unity (0913) and Radford (0901), the share graphs of which speak for themselves.
Freeman (0279) sinks another HK$250m into Hennabun
Company announcement, 18-May-2011
This will be offset by a loan of $250m which Freeman made under an agreement dated 1-Nov-2010. The previous subscription of Hennabun shares on 3-Mar-2011 was also offset against the same amount of outstanding loan, but it is a revolving loan facility, so every time it is offset, they can draw it back down again.
Forefront (0885) subscribes HK$108m for 4.79% of Hennabun
Company announcement, 6-May-2011
Forefront is in what we call the "Chung Nam Network". Hennabun owns Chung Nam Securities Ltd.
Freeman (0279) converts HK$253m of debt into shares of Hennabun
Company announcement, 3-Mar-2011
Enerchina (0622) invests HK$300m in 18.01% of Cordoba Homes Ltd
Company announcement, 25-Jan-2011
Before this, Cordoba is owned as follows: 40.71% owned by "a listed company". That is Willie (0273), 17.57% by Hennabun, into which Enerchina has already sunk HK$200m, and 32.94% and 8.78% owned by "two private companies". The last time we heard, those are Ristora Investments and Supreme Castle Investments, owned by Karen Lo Ki Yan and Paul Suen Cho Hung respectively. Enerchina is now firmly part of what we call the "Chung Nam Network".
Heritage sells 19.75% of money-lending unit to Hennabun
Company announcement, 4-Jan-2011
Waytung Global (0021) sells subsidiary with Hennabun stake for HK$10k
Company announcement, 29-Dec-2010
The purchaser is a BVI company, the owner of which is not disclosed. This vehicle, via 100% subsidiary Active Chance Ltd, held a stake in Hennabun Capital Group Ltd, for which the group originally paid HK$59m in 2003. We calculate that by the time of this disposal, the original stake of 32,000,000 shares (10.35% at 31-Dec-2003) had been consolidated into 320,000 shares and diluted to 0.15%, not 0.23% as stated.
Freeman (0279) subsidiary Hennabun issues HK$200m in shares to Enerchina (0662)
Company announcement, 4-Nov-2010
Freeman also lends $500m to Hennabun from 1-Nov-2010, to be reduced to $250m by 31-Dec-2010. Freeman notes that a Director with 0.08% of Freeman owns about 1.1% of Hennabun. The only such director is Sue Au Shuk Yee.
Enerchina (622) sinks HK$200m into Hennabun, subsidiary of Freeman (0279)
Company announcement, 1-Nov-2010
Hennabun, the core of the Chung Nam network, has been loss-making for the last 7 years, totalling losses of $1,112m.
Chung Nam Securities & responsible officers fined HK$1.3m re PCCW trades
SFC, 26-Aug-2010
This relates to the vote-rigging of the headcount in PCCW's privatisation exposed by Webb-site in 2009. The judge in the Court of First Instance said "I agree with the submission of the SFC that there are sufficiently cogent reasons to infer that the 132... persons in whose names the single board lots were acquired through Chung Nam...did so as a result of a plan devised by Eugene Chuang...to boost the head-count...The purchase of 125 single board lots would appear to have been financed by Eugene Chuang".
Chung Nam Securities Ltd, Ng Kwai Cho & Cheng Wai Chung v SFC
SFAT, 26-Aug-2010
Willie (0273) lends HK$50m to subsidiary of Hennabun Capital
Company announcement, 22-Jun-2010
The announcement discloses that Hennabun is 41.12% owned by Eugene Chuang, the brother of Willie's chairman. The last time we heard, Hennabun was also a subsidiary of Freeman (0279).
Forefront (0885) lends HK$75m to Chung Nam Finance Ltd
Company announcement, 21-Jun-2010
The announcement mentions that the borrower is owned by Hennabun Capital Group Ltd, which is 2.7% owned by Mascotte (0136) which owns 11.74% of Forefront. It doesn't mention that Hennabun is controlled by Freeman (0279).
Hennabun issues HK$301m 2-year 0% convertible note to Mr Zeng Yi
Company announcement, 9-Feb-2010
We know nothing about Mr Zeng Yi.
China Strategic bubble
We warn investors of a bubble in the stock of China Strategic, the 80% owner of the proposed buyer of Taiwan's Nan Shan Life Insurance, partly financed by a massive note issue convertible into 78bn shares at $0.10 each. We publish the placing list and analyse the names in the deal. Finally, we warn investors to avoid 7 companies in the "Chung Nam network", which has lost HK$6.2bn in 5 years. (13-Nov-2009)
Freeman completes purchase of Hennabun stake from Eugene Chuang Yue Chien
Company announcement, 30-Sep-2009
Freeman completes HK$250m subscription to Hennabun
Company announcement, 19-Feb-2009
Freeman buys 79.46% of Hennabun from Eugene Chuang Yue Chien for HK$105.8m in convertible notes, and subscribes $250m to HennabunCircular
Company announcement, 10-Dec-2008
Willie buys "Aquarius" yacht from Hennabun, then approx 75%-owned by Eugene Chuang Yue Chien, for HK$94m
Company announcement, 2-May-2008
Freeman (0279) sells 48.96% stake in Hennabun to Eugene Chuang Yue Chien for HK$50m
Company announcement, 29-Jun-2007
On 6-Feb-2007, Freeman converted the HK$131m bond into 873.333m Hennabun shares at $0.15 each. By then, we infer a further 170m shares had been issued since the end of 2006, reducing Freeman's final stake from 53.73% to 48.96%. The effective price for the 937.133m Hennabun shares is $0.0534 per share.
Willie buys House A, Sunshine Villa from Hero City Trading Ltd for HK$88mCircular
Company announcement, 15-Jun-2007
Note: at the time of this transaction, Hero City was a subsidiary of Hennabun which was controlled by Freeman. On 21-Dec-05, Hennabun acquired Collier Assets Ltd, which owned the house via Apex Novel Ltd, for $49m, being $85m for the house less bank loan of $36m. Collier Assets was formerly owned by Karen Lo Ki Yan.
Freeman (0279) lends $50m to Hennabun
Company announcement, 27-Jun-2006
Inner Mongolia Development (0279) buys 53.8m shares (6.18%) of Hennabun from Heritage (0412) for shares
Company announcement, 12-Jun-2006
The nominal price of HK$11m is $0.2045 per Hennabun share.
Inner Mongolia (0279) circular on acquisition of Hennabun convertible note from Willie (0273)Willie circular
Company circular, 24-May-2006
Inner Mongolia Development (0279) buys HK$131m Hennabun convertible note from Willie (0273) for HK$100m, and converts it into 50.07% of Hennabun
Company announcement, 3-May-2006
The 8% 10-year note issued on 21-Sep-2005 was convertible at $0.25 but has been adjusted to $0.15 after Hennabun issued shares to third parties. Hennabun is owned by 10 listed companies (including IMD and Willie), 1 "independent financial institution" and 2 "independent third parties".
Radford (0901) ownership investigation results
Company announcement, 27-Apr-2004
China United (0273) buys 37.5m shares (9.64%) of Hennabun Management Inc from Golden Resources (0677) for HK$72m in shares
Company announcement, 11-Mar-2004
Just prior to this deal, HMI is a hub owned by 10 listed companies, including 2 not seen in prior filings: Yugang (0613) has 20.56%, and China Investment Fund Co Ltd (0612) has acquired 2.5m shares (0.64%), probably from Golden Resources.
China United (0273) circular on connected transaction
Company circular, 24-Dec-2003
In the last 3 weeks, subsidiary Hennabun Mangement Inc has issued shares to 2 more listed companies: Heritage (0412) and Sinolink Worldwide (1168), taking the total to 8 in the hub.
China United (0273) agrees to buy shares in Radford (0901) from Hennabun Management Inc
Company announcement, 2-Dec-2003
It incidentally discloses that another listed company, Beauforte Investors (0021) has subscribed for a 9.56% stake in HMI, so it is now owned by 6 listed companies.
China United (0273) reprices subscription by Golden Resources (0677) into Hennabun Management Inc, after collapse of NAV
Company announcement, 7-Nov-2003
HMI held a 23.24% stake in Radford Capital (0901) which was a bubble stock that has now burst after the SFC intervened and found a concentration of ownership and a "very close relationship between the shareholders of [Radford] and its investments".
Radford (0901) portfolio disclosure and ownership investigation
Company announcement, 29-Oct-2003
The SFC writes: "we note a very close relationship between the shareholders of the Company and its investments". At the suspended price of $1.34, the closed-end investment company was trading at 9.24x its NAV of 30-Sep-2003.
Golden Resources Development (0677) subscribes shares in Hennabun Management Inc, subsidary of China United (0273)
Company announcement, 15-Oct-2003
The other shareholders of HMI are China Sci-Tech (0985), Hansom Eastern (0279) and HK Pharmaceutical (0182), making this a 5-way hub.
China United to inject HK$75m into Hennabun Management Inc for 25m shares at HK$3/share
Company announcement, 16-May-2001
Another entity, Equity Spin Investments Ltd, has agreed to subscribe 10m shares, purportedly on the same date, at an unspecified price. Later a circular stated that Equity Spin signed up on 27-Mar-2001 and at the 67% higher price of HK$5 per share taking into account "different prevailing factors". There's no evidence of that, because the deal was not announced in March and had not completed by the time it was announced. It later emerged that Equity Spin is owned by Hansom Eastern (0279), the largest shareholder of which is jointly controlled by Karen Lo Ki Yan and Cindy Yau Shum Tek.
China United (0273) converts HK$100m note into shares of Hennabun Management Inc at $7
Company announcement, 30-Jun-2000
The note was issued on 18-May-2000. The other existing HMI shareholders are Hanny (0275) with 37.02% and NPH (0182) with 7.12%. The conversion increases CU's stake from 55.86% to 78.12%.

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