重组上市交易(或称借壳上市)通常指收购方(或称借壳方)在取得上市公司控制权的同时或一定期间内,实施重大资产重组将外部资产注入上市公司,以使得上市公司主营业务、资产或收入发生根本变化,实现上市公司业务发展方向的转变,实现借壳方资产证券化的一种交易形式。上市公司作为交易主体参与此类交易,且该类交易的实施流程及审核流程与其他类型的上市公司控制权交易差别较大,本篇作为上市公司控制权收购专题系列文章的最后一篇,拟专题介绍A股重组上市的市场情况、交易架构,并进一步分析此类交易中的重点关注问题。
一、重组上市市场动态
经统计2011年至2024年6月30日期间成功完成的重组上市项目,各年度项目数量变化趋势、各板块占比及民营企业与国资企业占比情况如下:
In UKCloud Ltd(Re Insolvency Act 1986) [2024] EWHC 1259 (Ch), the court was again faced with the age-old question of categorisation of a security interest but this time in respect of a new type of asset, internet protocol (IP) addresses. Could fixed charge security be taken over IP addresses and, if so, was it taken here?
Buying parts of a distressed company may offer great opportunities for buyers. When a company is struggling but not yet insolvent, external financing might dry up and the sale of non-core activities may be a last resort to generate fresh cash.
Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation) (Appellant) v Halimeda International Ltd (Respondent) (Virgin Islands) [2024] UKPC 16
In March 2015 the major high street retailer British Home Stores (BHS) was acquired for £1 by Retail Acquisitions Limited (RAL), a company owned by Mr Dominic Chappell. Mr Chappell became a director of the BHS entities upon completion of the purchase, together with three other individuals.
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (the “ADGM”) courts have recently handed down their decision in NMC Healthcare Limited & Others v Shetty & Others ([2024] ADGMCFI 0007). The decision deals with several important principles in relation to fraudulent/wrongful trading liabilities under ADGM law. Given the ADGM re-domiciliation (or continuation) regime, enabling companies incorporated elsewhere to be redomiciled to ADGM with relative ease, the decision is likely to be of interest beyond the borders of the ADGM.
What happens to a company at the end of an administration is a question that probably only keeps insolvency anoraks up at night.
There are a limited number of potential options, with the rescue of the company as a going concern being the number one objective to which all administrators aspire. However, more often than not, an administration will end with the company entering liquidation or, where the company has no property to permit a distribution to creditors, the dissolution of the company.
In the recent decision Sian Participation v Halimeda (Sian), the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the Privy Council) held on a BVI appeal that a winding-up petition should not be stayed or dismissed merely because the underlying debt is subject to a generally-worded arbitration agreement.
引言
在新《公司法》实施的第一天,即2024年7月1日,北京市西城区人民法院微信公众号发布了其审结的首例适用新《公司法》第54条规定的加速到期规则的案件。
在该案中,经债权人申请,西城法院在执行程序中追加案涉公司的股东张某为被执行人。进而,西城法院根据新《公司法》第54条,对案涉公司股东张某适用加速到期规则,判决其履行提前缴纳出资的债务,在其未出资的范围内向债权人承担补充赔偿责任。
一、西城法院案例简析[1]
(一)案情概要
李某系案涉公司的前员工。因该公司拖欠工资,李某提起劳动仲裁。经仲裁委调解,双方达成调解协议,约定:公司应于2023年4月底前支付拖欠李某的工资70,000余元。随后,仲裁委据此出具了《调解书》。
因该公司未履行《调解书》项下的付款义务,李某以该公司为被执行人向西城法院提出强制执行申请。由于该公司名下没有可供执行的财产,西城法院裁定终结本次执行程序。
In the most significant decision of the decade on a matter of U.S. bankruptcy law, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its highly anticipated decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. ____ (2024) on June 27, 2024, striking down the non-consensual third party releases that were the cornerstone of Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization by a vote of 5-4. In doing so, the Court said: