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Yuexiu Property Disposes of the Non-Core Supermarket Business

Yuexiu Property Disposes of the Non-Core Supermarket Business

Write: Ventidius [2011-05-20]

Yuexiu Property Disposes of the Non-Core Supermarket Business

A Further Move to Improve Assets Portfolio

Hong Kong, 6 December 2010 Yuexiu Property Company Limited ( Yuexiu Property or the Company ) (HKEx Stock Code: 00123) announced that the Company, Guangzhou Construction & Development Holdings (China) Limited ( Guangzhou Construction BVI ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Easeshine Investments Limited ( Easeshine ), an investment holding company wholly owned by China Resources Enterprise, Limited, entered into an agreement (the Agreement ) pursuant to which Guangzhou Construction BVI has agreed to sell the entire issued share capital of and the Shareholder s Loan to Durman Limited ( Durman ) to Easeshine (the Transaction ).

Durman holds 98.126% equity interest in Guangzhou Homecity Supermarket.

Pursuant to the Agreement, the aggregate consideration to be paid by Easeshine to Guangzhou Construction BVI shall be RMB36,699,124. Based on the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Durman Group as at 30 September 2010, it is estimated that Yuexiu Property and its subsidiaries ( the Group ) will record a gain of approximately RMB1,500,000 on the Transaction.

The net proceeds will be used as general working capital of the Group. It is expected that the Transaction will be completed on or before 31 December 2010 (or such other date as the parties to the Agreement may agree). Upon completion of the Transaction, Durman will cease to be a subsidiary of the Company.

Mr. Lu Zhifeng, Chairman of Yuexiu Property, said, According to the plan set at the beginning of this year, the Group actively sought to adjust its asset portfolio and accelerate the disposal of non-core and inefficient assets. The Transaction represents an opportunity for the Group to dispose of its non-core business and assets and is in line with the business development strategy of the Group.
Yuexiu Property is actively focusing on developing its core property business and has a total land bank of 9.99 million square meters to date. Up to October, aggregated contracted sales GFA and sales have already reached 90% and 97% respectively of the Group s full-year targets which are expected to be exceeded.
Yuexiu Property Company Limited
The Company was listed in Hong Kong in 1992 and is one of the top 10 integrated property developers in Guangzhou. The Company s main business is property development with its operations mainly concentrated in the Guangzhou area.