Chapter 628: The Kaswick Family Fights
When Xia Yu set out to acquire Sega, the news of Bright Fund's acquisition of Hongkong Group's equity was inevitably exposed.
After all, Hongkong Land is a listed company, and Bolton Keswick, as one of the major shareholders on the surface, is difficult to hide the equity update, and it is not as hidden as the scattered acquisition of shares in the secondary market.
And Bolton Keswick also knew that it was difficult to hide the news, and in order to get the high commission from the Bright Fund, he privately actively persuaded Claude Keswick and Rodney Keswick, who were retiring.
And in just eight days, the results were achieved, and the 9.4% equity of Hongkong Land held by Rodney Keswick was acquired, and sold to Bright Fund, receiving a commission of 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
The equity of Hongkong Land Group held by Bright Fund has also risen to 19.9%, and Bright Fund has become the de facto largest shareholder.
When Bolton Keswick continued to attack the 11.8% stake in Claude Keswick's hands, the latest equity news of Hongkong Land disclosed by the exchange, Bright Fund held 10.5% of the shares, becoming the third largest shareholder.
The change of the leading equity information of Xiangjiang Real Estate, especially the equity of the original Keswick family, has calculated that the remaining four veins of the Keswick family are combined, and only 41.8% of the equity is held.
The Keswick family's grip on Hongkong Land is no longer unbreakable!
As soon as the news came out, the British and Chinese-funded bigwigs immediately collected first-hand information, and inquired about the sacredness of the Bright Fund, which suddenly appeared and broke through the internal fortress of the Keswick family!
Of course, the most nervous is the Keswick family, especially Dick Keswick, who now holds the largest shareholding ratio and also serves as the chairman of Hongkong Land.
Taiping Peak Mid-Levels, the Keswick family mansion.
The leaders of the five veins of the Keswick family gathered together, but the atmosphere at the scene was very different.
Dick Keswick looked resentful and stared coldly at Bolton Keswick, who was sitting expressionlessly across from him.
Phil Keswick, who also insisted on staying, sat next to Dick Keswick, his face was equally gloomy, and he occasionally looked at Bolton Keswick with an unfriendly look.
Rodney Keswick, who sold his equity to Burton Keswick, although he signed an internal confidentiality agreement with Burton Keswick, realized that Burton Keswick was working for the Bright Fund after the latest equity information disclosure of Hongkong Land Group.
And the equity held by Bright Fund is not the 10.5% revealed, but the 9.4% that originally belonged to its own lineage, a total of 19.9% of the equity.
It's just that after all, the wood is already in the boat, and he has accepted the money, so it's too late to regret it at this time.
In addition, after all, he still sold the equity without telling Dick Keswick, which is equivalent to stabbing the latter in the back.
So he was silent, clasping his hands on his chest and remaining silent.
The rest of Claude Keswick also guessed the inside story, and at this time he was expressionless, vaguely observing the expressions of the four people seated, especially focusing on Rodney Keswick and Bolton Keswick.
After a moment of silence, Dick Keswick, who was getting more and more angry in his heart, finally couldn't help but fire at Bolton Keswick: "Bolton, why are you doing this?"
"You are too selfish, for your own interests, you sacrifice the interests of the entire family owner, you are betrayal!"
Phil Keswick, who was on the same position as Dick Keswick, also echoed the criticism: "Burton, our Keswick family has been targeted for a long time, and only by uniting can we barely resist the invaders, and now because of your actions, our family will be in big trouble again!"
Bolton Keswick is not easy to mess with, plus there is no family affection within the family because of the conflict of interests, he is ready for the way back, and he has no scruples, the only regret is that he did not buy the 11.8% equity held by Claude Keswick before the news was exposed, and made hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars less in profits.
Without any baggage, he finally ripped off the fig leaf within the Keswick family, and in the face of the attack of the two, he fought back and said: "What is betrayal? The equity I sold belongs to me, and I have the right to decide what it is used for." ”
"You also know that all the big families in Xiangjiang, whether they are Chinese or other British-funded consortia, are planning to eat us, and we can't fight at all, rather than gradually weakening, it is better to keep our assets and withdraw back to the UK as soon as possible. ”
"Dick, Phil, you are ready to stay and wait for death, don't drag us along, we are not obligated to pay for your wrong choice!"
Bolton Keswick's sharp counterattack made Dick Keswick angry, and he said loudly: "Okay, even if you want to leave, then you have to tell us in advance, now we are unprepared, we will be very passive! ”
Bolton Keswick smiled coldly in his heart and secretly scolded Dick Keswick for being shameless.
The decision to stay has been debated within the family no less than ten times, but no one has come to a clear conclusion, and if he tells the rest of the family to sell his shares, Dick Keswick will definitely wreak havoc on him.
After all, it is not because of what he did that had a serious impact on Dick Keswick's position as chairman of Hongkong Land and his idea of staying in Hong Kong!
If he wants to compromise his own interests for the sake of Dick Keswick and others, don't even think about it!
As for the other shareholders to continue to hunt Hongkong Group, what does he have to do?
Thinking of this, Bolton Keswick smiled coldly and did not answer Dick Keswick, his attitude was very obvious.
This made Dick Keswick's blood rush and he was extremely annoyed.
Seeing that the conflict could escalate again, Rodney Keswick, who had been sitting, spoke out in a round: "Dick, Burton's equity has been sold, and it is useless to quarrel now, what we should think about now is how to solve it." “
"We have been discussing the issue of going to stay before, but there has been no conclusion, and now it seems that we have to face this problem. ”
"Burton, you should tell us about the Bright Fund. ”
After saying that, Rod Keswick gave Bolton Keswick a meaningful look.
Claude Keswick, who had been secretly observing, suddenly felt a sudden burst in his heart, his eyes narrowed, and he also looked at Bolton Keswick and said, "That's right, Bolton, you should tell us about the sale of shares and the situation of the Bright Fund now." ”
"We're a family after all!"
Dick Keswick saw the two of them say this, and also took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, and stared at Bolton Keswick coldly.
For a moment, all four of them focused on Bolton Keswick.
Bolton Keswick's gaze swept over the four of them, combing through the words that had been prepared for a long time, and spoke half-truths.