On September 19th, shortly after the disclosure of the 'double decline' performance in the first half of the year, Xinli Finance announced that its controlling shareholder will change from Xinli Kechuang to Huilong Investment, while the actual controlling shareholder of the company remains the Anhui Supply and Marketing Cooperative Union.

Industry insiders believe that this adjustment is mainly made by the actual controller to optimize internal resource allocation within the group and seek longer-term development. Xinli Finance also explicitly stated that this transfer will not have an adverse effect on the company's normal production, operation, and continuing development.

Specifically, Xinli Finance recently received a notice from Xinli Kechuang (Anhui Xinli Kechuang Group Co., Ltd.), stating that Xinli Kechuang plans to transfer a total of approximately 0.121 billion shares to Huilong Investment (Anhui Huilong Investment Group Co., Ltd.), representing 23.60% of Xinli Finance's total share capital.

Upon completion of this transfer, Huilong Investment will take over Xinli Kechuang, becoming the controlling shareholder with a 23.60% stake in Xinli Finance. However, the approval of the relevant authorities and the signing of the equity transfer agreement are still required for the implementation of this equity transfer.

"The change in controlling shareholder will not result in a change of the company's actual controller." Regarding the impact of this share transfer, Xinli Finance stated that after this change in equity, the company's actual controller will still be the Anhui Supply and Marketing Cooperative Union. Additionally, this equity transfer will not have an adverse effect on the company's normal production, operation, and continuing development, and does not pose a threat to the interests of the company and minority shareholders.

It is understood that the Anhui Supply and Marketing Cooperative Union holds shares in Xinli Finance through its subsidiary under the Anhui Supply and Marketing Group, but in terms of the old and new shareholders, Xinli Kechuang is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Anhui Supply and Marketing Group, while Huilong Investment is a subsidiary with an 89.49% stake held by the Anhui Supply and Marketing Group.

In this regard, Wang Pengbo, Chief Analyst of the financial industry at Botong Consulting, believes that both companies holding equity are ultimately controlled by the same entity. The change in the controlling shareholder of Xinli Finance may be an attempt by the Anhui Supply and Marketing Cooperative Union to optimize internal resource allocation by adjusting the equity in order to seek longer-term development in the market.

According to the official website, Anhui Xiuli Finance was originally known as Anhui Chaodong Cement Co., Ltd., which was established in April 1999. After completing the acquisition of five similar financial companies in 2015, the company expanded its main business to include small loans, financing leases, financing guarantees, pledges, and P2P online lending, forming dual main business operations. Shortly thereafter, it began to focus on operational financial services.

Looking at the operating performance in previous years, the performance of Anhui Xiuli Finance has fluctuated significantly, but it has shown some recovery in recent years. Data shows that from 2021 to 2023, Anhui Xiuli Finance achieved revenues of 0.395 billion yuan, 0.313 billion yuan, and 0.336 billion yuan, with net profits attributable to shareholders of -0.3 billion yuan, -0.139 billion yuan, and 28.5 million yuan, respectively.

However, since the beginning of this year, the performance of Anhui Xiuli Finance has once again declined. In the first half of the year, it achieved revenues of 155.525 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.93%. During the same period, the net profit attributable to shareholders was 18.1593 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 23.42%. At the same time, its EPS was 0.0354 yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 23.38%, and the weighted average return on net assets was 1.73%, a decrease of 0.59 percentage points compared to the same period last year.

However, regarding this performance, Anhui Xiuli Finance believes that in the first half of 2024, in the face of a complex economic situation, the company's operational indicators basically met expectations. At the same time, the company's newly added investment scale and the quality of asset operations further improved, and the fundamentals continued to improve.