Lehman Brothers Commercial Corporation Asia Limited (In Liquidation) FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited Bondholders’ Meeting 23 October 2009
Disclaimer This Report has been prepared by the Joint and Several Liquidators of Lehman Brothers Commercial Corporation Asia Limited (In Liquidation) for the Bondholders of Fu Ji Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited, based on information currently available from various public sources. It is prepared for the sole purpose of facilitating initial discussions. This Report should not be relied upon by any other person, or for any other purpose, or used in any other context, including but not limited to trading in the Company’s securities. This Report has been released on a confidential basis and it should not be copied, referred to or disclosed, in whole or in part, without the prior consent of the Joint and Several Provisional Liquidators of Lehman Brothers Commercial Corporation Asia Limited (In Liquidation).
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FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited (“the Company”)
Events leading to winding up On 29 July 2009, the Company announced a delay in the publication of the annual report. HKSE suspended the trading of the Company’s
shares and convertible bonds on the same day. Subsequently, the Company announced further delays on 25 August 2009 and 22 September 2009 respectively. On 30 September 2009, the delay in publishing annual reports resulted in technical defaults under the Company’s convertible bonds and bank
facility agreements. On the same day, one of the Company’s Independent Non-executive Directors, Dr Tsui Wai Ling Carlye, resigned, citing lack of open
communication from the management as the cause. On 7 October 2009, Deloitte was appointed as the Independent Financial Advisors. On 17 October 2009, the board filed a winding-up petition and the Court appointed Deloitte as the Provisional Liquidators.
HKSE suspended the trading of the Company’s shares and convertible bonds
Publication of the last interim financial report
30/9/2008
Mar-Apr 2009
31/3/2009 – Fiscal year end 8/4/2009 – Company amended its bank loan facility
29/7/2009
Divested almost all of its ownership in Golden Hans, one of the most profitable restaurant chain.
30/9/2009
Deloitte appointed as independent financial advisors
7/10/2009
Breach of covenants of convertible bonds and a cross default under the bank facility
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17/10/2009
Filed a winding-up petition and appointed Deloitte as the Provisional Liquidators
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FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited
Current Situation Cash Positions Cash positions declined dramatically. As of petition date, the remaining bank deposits were as follows, excluding
pledged deposits.
As of Petition Date Local US$ Currency Bank Deposits Cash in HK Bank Account Cash in PRC Bank Account
75 39
As of Sept 08 Local US$ Currency
10 6 15
689
As of March 08 Local US$ Currency
103
957
143
Dramatic Revenue Decline Lost a great number of major institutional clients including Intel, Asus and Wal-Mart. Sales to the remaining
institutional clients have also substantially declined.
Possible inflation of revenue figures for the past few years.
Key Customers Lost Apr 08 to Sep 09 (Amount in millions) Intel Asus Ping An Insurance Saint-Gobain TSMC Philips Lenovo China Mobile Wal-Mart Dupont
RMB 24.7 7.9 7.4 7.1 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.2 1.2 0.9
Oct 08 to Mar 09
USD 3.6 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
RMB 16.0 3.6 7.0 4.2 6.1 5.0 0.5 0.6 0.9
USD 2.3 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1
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FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited
Current Situation (Continued) Supplier concerns There are indications that certain suppliers are very concerned with the Company’s financial position and have
stopped delivery.
Massive layoffs Laid off 5,500 of its 8,500 employees in the past year. Some laid-off employees organized strikes in the factories and business premises, interfering day-to-day operations.
Management hemorrhage During the past year, key management level staff resignations included vice president, sales director, head of
investment department, general manager of processing factory, head of convenience food division, head of legal department and head of human resources department.
Sales Department – fourteen out of fifteen managerial staff left the Company Finance Department – twelve out of nineteen staff resigned
Potential asset preservation issue Unpaid construction contractors occupied certain land and properties owned by the Company With 15 legal proceedings against the Group in the PRC, some assets have been frozen by the PRC court.
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FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited Summary of Liabilities As the Company has failed
Liabilities Position
to complete its annual financial report, this event
(All amounts in millions)
Currency
triggers the default of the
Value in local currency
Value in US$
Due Date
convertible bonds and bank loan. The outstanding sums are immediately repayable.
Bank Loan at operation Entity Level Bank Loan - Deutsche Bank * Convertible Bonds due 2009 Convertible Bonds due 2010
USD HKD RMB
N/A 5 548 1,610
Other Liabilities Suppliers Construction Contractors Landlords of business/ factory premises
RMB RMB RMB
93 149 32
14 22 5
RMB
22
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PRC Tax Liabilities
N/A 5 Nov-Dec 2009 71 Nov 2009 235 Oct 2009
* Pursuant to an Amendment entered on 8 April 2009 Source: Affirmation of Wong Chi Keung, independent non-executive director of FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited, filed with the High Court of HKSAR.
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FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited
Issues Facing the Bondholders Building a united and focused strategy to optimize recovery to Bondholders through the Liquidation process Steering Committee for the Bondholders? Financial and legal advisors representing the Bondholders?
Evaluating options in preserving value of the Company Sales of the Company as a whole or in parts? Interested parties already surfacing
Wind-down and sales of assets?
Evaluating the Company’s operations and identifying value-drivers
Assessing core and non-core assets
Recovery of lost value - claims against Directors?
Identification of potential investors?
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FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings Limited Appendix: Revenue and Operation Profit by Segment Financial information (Amounts in Millions)
For the 6 months ending Sept 2008 RMB
For the 12 months ending Mar 2008
USD
RMB
USD
Segment Revenue Catering Services business Chinese Restaurants business Theme Restaurants business Convenience Food and other Total Revenue
959 152 260 17 1,387
140 22 38 3 203
1,383 275 191 66 1,916
202 40 28 10 280
Segment Income Catering Services business Chinese Restaurants business Theme Restaurants business Convenience Food and other Other Income Profit from operations
309 27 56 (14) 22 401
45 4 8 (2) 3 59
459 50 41 (16) 46 581
67 7 6 (2) 7 85
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