Financial News Agency, December 24 (Reporter Zhao Zixiang) Despite being banned from the market for a long time, Lu Keping still seems to be influencing the capital market “in his own way.” This evening, Weichuang Co., Ltd. (002308.SZ) announced that Lu Keping, the company's “senior shareholder”, was filed by the Securities Regulatory Commission on suspicion of illegal disclosure violations.

On the evening of December 22, Weichuang Co., Ltd. disclosed that a capital of 1.33 billion yuan had not yet been returned after being strangely removed by the actual controller of the proposed acquirer in a share transfer transaction, yet the company had not previously disclosed information about the equity transaction. According to another announcement, Jiangsu Sunshine Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Sunshine Group”) appears to have played an important role in the above transaction process.

While this “bizarre bridge section” stunned investors, it also drew the attention of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as soon as possible in sending a letter. At the same time, the Securities Regulatory Commission also initiated a case investigation against all parties. However, since Lu Keping is behind them all controlled by Lu Keping in different ways, Jiangsu Yangguang (600220.SH) and Sihuan Biotech (000518.SZ) also revealed information about Lu Keping's case being investigated one after another tonight.

“Disappearing” 1.3 billion yuan of capital

If the 2023 capital market “Strange Case” is to be selected, Weichuang's “explosion” as it approaches the end of the year will definitely squeeze into the top three.

On the evening of December 22, Weichuang Co., Ltd. disclosed an announcement on the company's self-inspection of its own business situation. After self-inspection, on September 20, 2023, Sunshine Group, the controlling shareholder of Monsus (Taizhou) Investment Co., Ltd., the limited partner of Wolters, and Jiangxi Xiling Energy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Xiling Energy”) signed an “Equity Transfer Cooperation Framework Agreement”.

According to the agreement, within the next 12 months, Xiling Energy will obtain control of CGW through an investment relationship.

Among them, Liu Jun, the actual controller of Fangxiling Energy, who plans to acquire Fangxiling Energy, transferred the company's 1.33 billion yuan of capital to bank accounts under his control from September 28 to October 27, 2023, and returned the full amount to the company on October 31, but since November 1, the company has been transferred in batches. As of the disclosure date of the announcement, the funds have not yet been returned to the company.

Perhaps it was outrageous. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange issued an urgent letter of concern that night, expressing deep concern and demanding that the company should use all necessary means to recover the relevant funds, protect the interests of the company and its small and medium shareholders, and carefully investigate and rectify the flaws in internal control.

At the same time, the Securities Regulatory Commission also issued a “Notice of Case Filing” to the company that night, and immediately initiated an investigation into the listed companies' information disclosure violations.

Just one day later, the investigation was further extended to senior shareholders of Weichuang Co., Ltd. According to the company's disclosure, on December 23, it received a notice from the Securities Regulatory Commission that the controlling shareholder of the company, Lu Keping, the controlling shareholder of the limited partner of Taizhou Zhongshu Weike Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), was filed on suspicion of illegal disclosure of laws and regulations.

Lu Keping was “continuously filed” during the year

Lu Keping is a big name in the wool industry in Jiangyin, Wuxi. He was on the Hurun Rich List with Cao Dewang of Fuyao Glass in 2005. At its peak, it controlled three listed companies at the same time: Jiangsu Yangguang, Sihuan Biotech, and Hairun Photovoltaics (delisted). However, if Weichuang's shares held indirectly are taken into account, Lu Keping has reached as many as four listed companies over the years through the Sunshine Group.

However, in recent years, the business conditions of several listed companies under Lu Keping have not only deteriorated, but their own “reputation” has also been damaged by being involved in many violations of laws and regulations.

In May 2020, a penalty decision disclosed by Sihuan Biotech showed that Lu Keping “kept secret” for many years since trading Sihuan Biotech stocks within a restricted trading period and obtained control over the years. The above acts involved a number of violations of the law. In the end, they were fined a total of 27.34 million yuan, and a lifelong ban on market entry was imposed.

The Securities Regulatory Commission said at the time that its illegal acts continued for a long time, that its methods were particularly bad, and that the amount involved in the case was particularly huge, seriously disrupting market order and causing serious social impact.

Meanwhile, on the evening of October 9 of this year, Sihuan Biotech and Jiangsu Sunshine jointly disclosed an announcement stating that Lu Keping was filed by the Securities Regulatory Commission on suspicion of manipulating the securities market.

A reporter from the Financial Association News Agency noticed that the investigation results of the above case filing have not yet been released. Jiangsu Sunshine once said that it will continue to monitor the progress of the above matters and complete the disclosure of information in a timely manner in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, etc., but up to now, the company announcement has not updated the latest developments. In other words, Lu Keping is currently in a state where two cases are being filed and investigated at the same time.