Huawei/KLOC-0.5 million employees, 80,000 people hold shares, accounting for 99% of the company, and the number is very small.
In a secret room of Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters, there is a glass cabinet with 10 blue brochure in it. These pamphlets help to answer a question that puzzles the US government: Who is the real owner of China, a large telecom equipment enterprise?
These booklets, which are several centimeters thick, record the names, ID numbers and other personal information of about 80,000 employees. According to Huawei, according to an employee stock option plan, book employees hold about 99% of the company's shares.
During a visit to Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters, the Financial Times reporter read these books with the permission of Jiangxi Sheng, the chief secretary of Huawei's board of directors, in order to understand the employee who is the owner of Huawei and the shareholding of Huawei's founder Ren. Huawei employees hold shares through trade unions.
When reading thousands of pages of records, the reporter found that the vast majority of employees hold tens of thousands of shares, and very few people hold millions of shares.
Jiangxi students transferred a document from an adjacent room after the Financial Times reporter pointed out that they held a record of 2.65 million shares. That room is dedicated to storing share grant contracts, from which we can learn about Huawei's share grant method.
Showing the shareholding books to foreign journalists for the first time is part of Huawei's efforts to refute the criticism that Huawei is not transparent about equity issues.
Huawei was founded in 1987 by a retired military officer. The company has now become one of the largest telecom enterprises in the world. However, due to doubts about its shareholding structure, Huawei faces serious obstacles in the US market.
In 20 12, the Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives suggested that the government stop any M&A transactions involving Huawei because it was "not sure that Huawei was not influenced by foreign governments".
Huawei has repeatedly retorted that the suggestion that the company may be associated with the China government is groundless, and the US government has never released any conclusive evidence to support its concerns.
However, in order to counter this suggestion, Huawei has begun to gradually uncover its ownership structure.
Duncan Clark, chairman of BDA China, a telecom consulting company, said that showing the register of shareholders to the outside world is a positive move, but it is not enough to satisfy critics.
Clark said: "It's like a child who made great efforts but didn't see the result. They will feel unfair and unfair factors may indeed exist. " He added that the best way for Huawei to respond to critics should be to go public. "Sunlight is the best disinfectant, but they closed the curtains halfway."
Three years ago, Huawei announced its board members for the first time. Last year, Ren's daughter and chief financial officer of Huawei said that in addition to holding 65,438+0.4% shares, Huawei would provide more information about its ownership structure at some point.