Leshi Zhixin


Leshi Zhixin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese television manufacturer which was a subsidiary of Le.com. On 13 January 2017 it was announced that Sunac China would bought part of the stake, as well as subscription of new shares. Other new investors of the company were Huaxia Life Insurance and a private equity fund LeRan Investment.
The company produced TV that branded "Leshi SuperTV".

History

2016

In late 2015, it was announced that Leshi Zhixin would bought the new shares of TCL Multimedia for HK$2.27 billion, a subsidiary of TCL Corporation. On 11 May 2016, the deal was completed, which Leshi Zhixin holds the stake via Hong Kong incorporated subsidiary Letv ZhiXin Investment Limited.

2017

On 13 January 2017 Sunac China, a subsidiary of Tianjin Yingrui Huixi, which Sunac China had a contract with Tianjin Yingrui Huixi that Sunac China used Tianjin Yingrui Huixi as a proxy to invest in China in order to bypass the law on restriction on foreign investment) acquired part of the stake of Leshi Zhixin from Le.com and a minority shareholder, private equity fund Xinle Asset Management Tianjin, for and respectively. After the transaction, Leshi Zhixin would issue 10% new shares to Tianjin Jiarui for an additional . After the deals, Le.com would still be the largest shareholder but for 40.3118% only, it was followed by Tianjin Jiarui for 33.4959% and Leshi Holding Beijing for 18.3805%; Xinle would owned just 1.9777% as the fifth largest shareholder, as well as 5.86% would be owned by the others, including two new investors: private equity fund Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New District LeRan Investment Management for 4.0434% stake and Hua Insurance for 1.1310% stake. LeRan Investment and Hua Insurance bought the stakes for and respectively. As part of the deal, Tianjin Jiarui has rights to nominate one out of three directors of Leshi Zhixin.
In February 2017 Le.com formed an agreement with a supplier Truly International Holdings for capital increase. Truly would owned 2.3438% stake in Leshi Zhixin for.
In December 2017, the company was renamed to Xīn Lèshì Zhìjiā.
According to National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, as at 20 December 2016, Leshi Holding Beijing, a private company owned by the chairman of Le.com, had pledged all their Leshi Zhixin stake to China Minsheng Trust.

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