Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-07-25 08:31Core Viewpoint - The control battle for *ST Xinchao reached a significant turning point on July 24, with a successful temporary shareholders' meeting that resulted in a major change in the company's governance structure [1] Summary by Sections Election Results - The temporary shareholders' meeting approved all proposals for the early re-election of the board of directors and the supervisory board. In the non-independent director elections, Zhang Xiuwen, Zhang Junyu, Liu Chunlin, Zhang Jingquan, and Lian Tao were successfully elected, with four of them having backgrounds in Yitai Group. Independent directors Chen Xiaojun, Xu Huaxi, and Xie Xianghua were elected, with Xie having served as an independent director for Yitai B shares from 2007 to 2013. The newly formed 13th board of directors elected Zhang Junyu as chairman, and the legal representative was changed from Liu Bin to Zhang Junyu. The company also appointed new senior management and relocated its office from Chaoyang District, Beijing, to Yantai City, Shandong Province. In the supervisory board re-election, Yang Xu was elected as chairman, and Su Taoyong remained a supervisor. Notably, 6 out of the 10 members of the new board and supervisory board have backgrounds in Yitai Group, indicating Yitai's dominant position in the company's governance [3] Control Battle History - The control battle for *ST Xinchao dates back to April of this year when Yitai B shares made a partial tender offer to all shareholders of *ST Xinchao, planning to acquire 51% of the shares. By the end of the tender offer on May 22, Yitai B shares had spent over 11.5 billion yuan to successfully acquire 50.1% of *ST Xinchao's shares, becoming the largest shareholder. This acquisition set a record for the first competitive tender offer in A-shares. However, despite gaining a controlling position, Yitai B shares faced significant resistance during the transition of the board and senior management. On June 21, shareholders Shenzhen Hongyu, Chen Kaijun, and four others requested a shareholders' meeting to elect a new board and supervisory board, which was unanimously rejected by the current board on June 28. Subsequently, the same request was made to the supervisory board but was not approved in the meeting on July 4. Faced with continuous obstacles, the six shareholders decided to convene a shareholders' meeting independently, ultimately leading to the temporary shareholders' meeting on July 24 [4]