Oct 21 2009
EQUITY OFFERING FOR BEIJING'S MAJOR U.S.-LISTED READY-MIX CONCRETE PRODUCER TWICE AS LARGE AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED
China Infrastructure Construction Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CHNC), one of the major U.S.-listed providers of ready-mix concrete in Beijing, completed a USD$10 million equity offering on October 16, 2009. "This financing was twice as large as originally planned, and will allow us to build on our strength as one of Beijing's major ready-mix concrete suppliers," said CHNC Chairman and Founder Yang Rong. "We are pleased to complete our first-ever external fundraising in the U.S. capital markets, and will continue our expansion in North East China," Chairman Yang added.
Led by institutional investors in Asia and North America, the CHNC private placement offering was increased to USD$10 million from an originally planned USD$5 million. The Company sold a total of approximately 2,564,103 shares of its common stock, no par value, at $3.90 per share in the offering. Immediately after the private placement there were approximately 11,118,397 shares of CHNC common stock outstanding. California-based Hunter Wise Securities, LLC served as the exclusive placement agent to CHNC.
CHNC through its PRC subsidiaries operates its ready-mix concrete facilities in China's capital under the brand of Chengzhi Qianmao Concrete Co, Ltd. ("Beijing Concrete"). In its most recent fiscal year ended May 31, 2009 CHNC achieved after-tax net income of USD$10.5 million. As a condition of the financing, CHNC agreed to net income targets of USD$14 million and USD$18 million, subject to certain adjustments, for each of the fiscal years ending May 31, 2010 and 2011 respectively. "Over the past six years, Beijing Concrete has enjoyed an average growth rate of over 30% annually," said Chairman Yang.
"CHNC has successfully expanded its operations from a single production facility in Beijing to additional production in the nearby city of Tangshan," continued Chairman Yang. Currently, the Company has two prime production facilities with one located in Beijing's Nanhaizi area, on the west side of the Yizhuang Economic Development Zone south of Beijing, and the other is located in the Tangshan Development Zone, about two hundred kilometers east of Beijing. CHNC has a combined annual operating capacity from these two locations of 3.0 million cubic meters.
In addition to its production and profit prowess, Beijing Concrete is a leader in China's "Green Concrete" movement referring to increased use of the environmentally-friendly content in ready-mix concrete, by reducing the energy and raw material consumption in its production, and by mixing and recycling various industrial wastes to create a more sustainable product.
All of CHNC's products have passed the ISO9001-2005 Certification Quality System and Integrated Certification System including Quality Management System Certification, Environmental Management System Certification and Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification issued by Beijing Zhong Jian Xie Certification Centre.
Source: http://www.hunterwise.com/