蚂蚁集团星期五被开出巨额罚单后，星期六(July 8) announced that in order to continue to attract talents and further meet the liquidity needs of shareholders, some shares of the existing shareholders will be repurchased with their own funds, and the total repurchase ratio will not exceed 7.6%of the total share capital.The repurchase shares will be transferred to the employee equity incentive pool.
Comprehensive Securities Times and China Securities Network News, Ant Group said that the repurchase follows the principle of marketization.In order to reasonably determine the repurchase price, the Ant Group referred to the market practice, and hired well -known domestic and foreign investment banks as financial advisors, and priced according to its valuation report.
According to the repurchase plan, the price of the Ant Group's repurchase corresponds to the company's valuation of approximately 567.1 billion yuan (the same, about 106 billion yuan), which is compared to the Case C financing valuation (in 2018About 960 billion yuan) decreased by about 40%.In the current low valuation of domestic Internet companies, this change is in line with market expectations.
Another consideration of repurchase is to meet the needs of shareholders.According to public information, the Ant Group continues to provide shareholders with a feasible liquidity solution in a suitable way. Two dividends have been implemented as of the end of 2022.In initial repurchase, all shareholders can voluntarily choose whether to participate within the repurchase ratio.
The Ant Group also revealed that based on the commitment and confidence in the company's long -term development, the major shareholders of the major shareholders Hangzhou Junhan and Hangzhou Junao (totaling 53.46 % of the shares) have voluntarily gave up their participation.Related matters have been approved by the board of directors of Ant Group and submitted to the shareholders' meeting for review.
The People's Bank of China, the General Administration of Finance Supervision, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission released news on Friday to impose a fine of 7.123 billion yuan in Ant Group and its institutions (including confiscation of illegal income).Analysts believe that this means that Ant Group's rectification since 2020 has come to an end, and Ant Group will enter the normalized regulatory stage.
Reporting analysts said that the development of share repurchase is an independent business behavior of Ant Group after entering the normal supervision, and it is also a routine operation of the capital market.In the future, with historical burdens and risks, the stability of the Ant Group's operation is expected to improve, which will help develop financial innovation and inclusive finance, and it will also help the sustainable and healthy development of the platform economy.In addition, the financial management department will improve the level of normalized supervision of financial activities of the platform enterprise, and guide the platform enterprise's financial business to standardize the healthy development of the healthy development.
