1. Sungrow Power Supply is valued at 19 billion, and its subsidiary has acquired Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group, whose actual controller has changed to Cao Renxian; 2. The Board of Directors of Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group has four non-independent directors, of which Sungrow New Energy has nominated three. The new management has stated that it will consider technological synergies between the two in the future.
According to the Financial Connection on December 18 (Reporter Liu Mengran), after the change of the actual controller, Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group (603656.SH) has re-elected some non-independent directors, independent directors, and non-employee representative supervisors, which also received a high vote at the company's fifth extraordinary general meeting of shareholders for 2024 held today. This means that Sungrow New Energy has officially taken "control" of the company.
A notice released by Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group this evening shows that the company has received the "Securities Transfer Registration Confirmation Book" from shareholders Xu Dahong, Ge Suhui, Tang Lin, and Wang Jincheng, indicating that these shareholders transferred a total of 10.24% of the company's shares they held to Sungrow Power Supply's subsidiary, Sungrow New Energy Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sungrow New Energy") on November 25. At the same time, Sungrow New Energy holds a total voting rights ratio of 13.36% through entrusted voting rights, making it the largest shareholder in terms of voting rights.
In terms of the reshuffle of the Board of Directors, Sungrow New Energy has a significant impact on 6 out of the 7 seats of the company's board, determining candidates for more than half of the board members, and has achieved substantial control over the company by controlling the Board of Directors. On the same day, Sungrow Power Supply also announced that its subsidiary Sungrow New Energy has obtained control over Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group.
The Board of Directors of Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group has four non-independent directors, of which three are nominated by Sungrow New Energy: Zhang Xucheng, Sun Wei, and Kang Maolei. According to resumes, Zhang Xucheng is a Director of Sungrow Power Supply and Chairman and CEO of Sungrow New Energy; Sun Wei is the Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Sungrow New Energy and serves as General Manager and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group; Kang Maolei is the Securities Affairs Representative of Sungrow Power Supply. The former Chairman Xu Dahong now serves as Vice Chairman.
Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group is located in the western part of Hefei, Anhui, just about 10 kilometers away from the headquarters of the acquirer, Sungrow Power Supply. As a provider of AI-based visual recognition integrated intelligent equipment and services, the company's main products include intelligent inspection and selection equipment, intelligent packaging equipment, and industrial robots and automation integrated equipment.
After the meeting, Sun Wei, General Manager and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group, communicated with reporters from the Financial Connection and stated that this acquisition was mainly arranged at the group level, and Sungrow New Energy has the financial strength to acquire Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group.
According to him, Sungrow Power Supply (300274.SZ) primarily covers the New energy Fund equipment and has high requirements for equipment inspection. Hefei Taihe has accumulated some business in this area, and in the future, the group level will consider technological synergies between the two; additionally, the Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group's color sorting machine business may also involve sorting quartz sand ore in the future, which is also part of the market and customers for new energy.
On October 18 of this year, Sungrow Power Supply announced that its controlling subsidiary, New energy Fund, signed a share transfer agreement with Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group shareholder Xu Dahong and others to acquire a total of 10.24% of the shares held by the latter; subsequently, the transfer of the symbol shares was completed on November 26.
The acquirer, New energy Fund, is a controlling subsidiary of Sungrow Power Supply, primarily engaged in the development of new energy power station business. Based on the financing point in March of this year, New energy Fund's pre-investment valuation exceeds 19 billion yuan. As of the close on December 18, Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology Group's total market value was 3.447 billion yuan.