However, a recent news gave Lifan a "pep talk" for the first time. According to media reports, according to informed sources, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. plans to inject capital into chongqing lifan Holding Co., Ltd. to become its largest shareholder. At present, the price and scale of its equity are not clear. As soon as this news comes out, people who know Lifan a little will think that Lifan has been saved, or that Lifan has great hope to get out of the current predicament.
For Geely Automobile Group, people suspect that it is not impossible to acquire Lifan Automobile. First, the environment is not good, and Lifan Motor is indeed in a critical situation. At this time, it is a low-cost acquisition, which is in line with the essence of capital pursuit. Second, Geely Automobile has been acquiring in recent years, and this acquisition is not unexpected.
However, just when the market was happy for Lifan, an announcement from Geely seemed to throw a cold water on the market and Lifan.
On June 19, Yang Xueliang, spokesman of Geely Holding Group, decisively denied the rumor that Geely Holding Group would acquire Lifan shares, saying that "there is no such thing". Lifan automobile seems to have suddenly returned to "before liberation".
What kind of game is behind the discussion about the acquisition of Lifan Automobile? "Before, it was necessary for us to understand the current situation of Lifan Automobile.
In 20 19, the loss of Lifan shares reached 4.6 billion yuan, exceeding the profit of 20 10 since its listing. In the same period last year, the profit was 253 million yuan, down 2068.77% year-on-year.
In terms of sales volume, the sales volume of Lifan Motor's 20 19 fuel vehicles decreased by 75.52% year-on-year, and the sales volume of new energy vehicles decreased by 69.49% year-on-year. During the period of 65,438+0-May this year, the cumulative sales volume of Lifan Automobile was only 65,438+0,347, which suddenly appeared in the list of automobile enterprises whose automobile sales dropped by more than 90%. Such a big drop is bound to be accompanied by huge losses.
Some media predict that Lifan Motor is in a difficult situation, with a tight capital chain and insufficient product competitiveness. Pure electric products continue to have problems and need to be recalled. Lifan Motor will have a hard time in 2020.
On June 15 this year, the Defective Product Management Center of the State Administration of Markets released a message that chongqing lifan Passenger Car Co., Ltd. recalled 365 1 pure electric vehicles. 201in June, 2008, Lifan recalled 643 1 pure electric vehicles. So far, the total number of electric vehicles recalled by Lifan in recent two years has exceeded 1 10,000.
In terms of litigation, on June 18, Lifan Co., Ltd. issued an announcement to disclose the supplementary announcement of the company's accumulated litigation (arbitration) matters. According to the announcement, the company involved 392 lawsuits (arbitrations), involving a total amount of 2.906 billion yuan.
The huge dilemma faced by Lifan Automobile is self-evident. At the same time, it will also face the influence of bad environment, domestic economic downturn and epidemic situation. At this time, capital is basically waiting to see, unless the investment can really get a big bargain.
Geely denied the above acquisition rumors, and Yin Mingshan, the founder of Lifan Automobile, was once again interpreted as "hard to find a savior". But judging from the above rumors of "making something out of nothing", there must be a story behind it.
First of all, we must confirm the fact that it is difficult for Lifan Automobile to achieve fundamental changes only by relying on the strength of existing shareholders, and only by relying on external forces can it bring about a turnaround.
In order to attract the attention of the market, is the rumor of "being acquired" carefully planned at this time? Judging from the influence of rumors, at least it has created such an illusion for the market. It shows that Lifan Motor still has considerable value, at least in future negotiations with others, the "reserve price" will not be too low. Another meaning of "being acquired" is that Lifan intends to disclose that it really wants to sell its shares and seek new partners to save the current crisis.
Capital operation is often a "game", but behind the "game" is a lot of fog, who can see it clearly? ?
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