Chapter 270 Anhua Gao
Because Yulia suffers from congenital heart disease, Barron specially arranged for her to have an examination at the Elizabeth Hospital in Lijiapo, and today he specially received a doctor to inquire about the situation.
Of course, this is the reason why he has relevant doctors here at this time. In fact, Barron already knew that Qiu Deba would have a heart attack in the original time and space before lunch today and he would not be able to receive treatment in time. And died, so I made such an arrangement and specially made an appointment with the other party this year.
Therefore, after Qiu Deba became ill, Barron not only performed first-aid measures on him as the doctor said, but also called the doctor over as soon as possible. After some emergency treatment, he was successfully sent to the hospital.
"Your Highness, thank you very much."
Later, several of Qiu Deba's children came to Barron's presidential suite at the Goodwood Park Hotel to express their gratitude to him.
It can be said that their gratitude at this time was all from the heart, because according to the doctor at Elizabeth Hospital at the time, because Qiu Deba was old and in poor health, yesterday's situation was very dangerous. If not Emergency treatment was carried out on the spot and sent to the hospital in time, but the consequences would have been disastrous.
Even if he is sent to the hospital under normal circumstances, he may not be able to save his life.
Therefore, in their opinion, it was the young Duke in front of them who happened to have a professional doctor here in the hotel and performed emergency first aid treatment, which was able to save their father from danger. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a life-saving grace.
"This is as it should be. Mr. Qiu has his own destiny. I wonder how he is doing now?"
After hearing Barron's question, Elizabeth Qiu said:
"Our father is now out of danger, but he still needs to be hospitalized for rest. Father once said that he hopes to thank you in person when his body recovers."
"That's no need. I'm very happy to be able to help, especially since Mr. Qiu can be out of danger."
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"We have basically reached an agreement with Agilent, and they have accepted our offer to acquire their semiconductor division for US$2 billion. This transaction will be completed in the near future."
Compared with 2005, Agilent's operating performance last year was not good, so this time they acquired its semiconductor division at a slightly lower price, which made Barron very satisfied.
Barron still stayed in Lijiapo, where he met Chen Fuyang, who had completed the acquisition negotiations with Agilent. The reason why the other party came here was because he hoped to set up the new company's headquarters in Lijiapo after the acquisition.
Agilent, which was originally spun off from Hewlett-Packard, is headquartered in California, the United States. However, Chen Fuyang believes that locating the new company's headquarters in Lijiapo will have many benefits. First of all, Lijiapo's tax burden is lower than that of the United States. The comprehensive tax rate is About 10%, which is beneficial to the market competitiveness of new companies in the future.
In addition, if the company is headquartered in Lijiapo, it can also enjoy many of Lijiapo’s preferential policies for semiconductor companies of this type.
After thinking about this, Barron agreed.
In the name of the new company, they still use Avago Technologies, which is the name of Avago Technologies.
The reason why Barron has some doubts about Chen Fuyang's proposal is that although placing Avago's headquarters in Lijiapo does have many advantages, in his previous life, Avago later acquired a well-known chip manufacturing company in the United States. When doing business with Broadcom, because its headquarters was located in Lijiapo, although Avago originally originated from HP, it was still regarded as a Lijiapo company. This transaction received a lot of scrutiny from the United States and did not go so smoothly.
But Barron thought that since in the original time and space, Avago could still develop after moving its headquarters to Lijiapo, and after IPO in the United States, it could "snake swallow the elephant" to acquire Broadcom, then he should be believed Due to Chen Fuyang's personal ability, he finally agreed to such a proposal.
Moreover, in Avago's semiconductor business, the Asian market will be a market that will grow extremely rapidly in the future, especially for the Chinese market. Avago's chips in the fields of communications, industry, automobiles, consumer electronics, storage and computers Related businesses will be the main focus for future performance growth. Setting the headquarters in Lijiapo will also allow us to get closer to this market.
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"After this incident, I have looked away from many things. After this, I am also ready to retire completely, and the shares of Standard Chartered Bank will not be of much significance in my hands. I am willing to Sell it to you in the hope that you won’t let Standard Chartered’s business change in the future.”
After his health improved slightly, Barron went to the hospital to visit Qiu Deba again. During this meeting, the other party finally agreed to transfer 13.5% of Standard Chartered Bank shares to Barron.
Among them, Barron can be said to have saved his life in time, which was also the main reason.
However, at the beginning, the reason why Standard Chartered Bank was helped to resist the acquisition of Lloyds Bank was because as an old customer of Standard Chartered Bank, many people including Qiu Teck Puat did not want Standard Chartered Bank to be destroyed because of that acquisition. The bank's strategic defense focus on emerging markets was turned to European markets, including the UK.
Now after agreeing to sell the shares, Qiu Deba has not forgotten this instruction.
"Don't worry, Mr. Qiu, even if I control Standard Chartered Bank in the future, their current business in emerging markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America will not decrease, but will further develop."
So when time entered March, an explosive news came out——
Mr. Qiu Deba, the richest man in Lijiapo, sold 13.5% of the Standard Chartered Bank shares held by his family to DS Capital controlled by the Duke of England, Barron Cavendish, after he became seriously ill.
According to the information disclosed by DS Capital, after adding the shares of Standard Chartered Bank that they had just acquired from the Qiu Teck Puat family, their stake in the bank now exceeds 30%!
This also includes some of the circulating shares continued to be purchased from the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange during this process.
At the same time, DS Capital also began to formally contact the management of Standard Chartered Bank at this time, and proposed to them the idea of acquiring this bank with great influence in emerging markets.
Affected by this news, Standard Chartered Bank's stock price has increased by 20% from the previous price of about US$5.85 to the current price of more than US$7.
Calculated at this price, the total market value of Standard Chartered Bank at this time has reached 7.9 billion US dollars!
Because Standard Chartered Bank is one of Hong Kong's note-issuing banks, after DS Capital made an offer to acquire Standard Chartered Bank for US$8 billion, HK Bank also issued a statement stating that it would proceed with the acquisition. Review.
This is the advantage of Barron's DS Capital in acquiring Standard Chartered Bank over the former Li Jiapo's Temasek Investment Company.
In addition to the fact that Standard Chartered Bank originally belonged to the Bank of England and was headquartered in London, DS Capital's acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank will not be subject to too much review from the British side.
As one of the three major note-issuing banks in Hong Kong, related laws in Hong Kong also have targeted regulations.
That is, the three major note-issuing banks in Hong Kong do not allow foreign entities or entities mainly controlled by foreign countries to hold more than 20% of their shares. If this rule is violated, the bank will automatically lose its qualifications as a note-issuing bank in Hong Kong. .
Because Temasek Investment Company is a state-owned investment company owned by Li Jiapo, it is a "foreign-controlled entity."
In the original time and space, Temasek's stake in Standard Chartered Bank once reached 19.03%, a red line close to 20%, but it has not continued to increase its holdings. It is for this reason.
Although DS Capital is a foreign capital, it is not a "foreign government-controlled entity" but a private company. Therefore, it is not subject to this restriction in terms of increasing its stake in Standard Chartered Bank.
Therefore, Barron is not too worried about HK's review.
