Goldbond Group Holdings Limited is an investment holding company incorporated in Hong Kong with its shares listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK Ticker: 00172). The Group is an integrated financial services provider offering innovative one-stop-shop financing solution to customers across the mainland China.
The Group commenced its financial services in China by the subscription of 40% equity interest in Rongzhong Group Limited ("Rongzhong") and its subsidiaries (collectively "Rongzhong Group"), which offered loan guarantee services to customers in various cities of China, including Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Wuhan, in 2004. Since then, the Group has expanded its financial services by offering bridge financing services, project financing services, financial leasing services, and other financial consulting and management services through Rongzhong Group and other subsidiaries of the Group. Our services have also been extended to serve customers, mainly small-and-medium enterprises ("SMEs"), in other provinces and cities of China, including but not limited to, Anhui, Beijing, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Shanxi, Taizhou, Tianjin, Zhejiang and Zhuhai. As a result of this business expansion, two additional offices in Nanjing and Hangzhou had been established under Rongzhong Group and the Group's investment in Rongzhong had been increased to 71% through a series of acquisitions by 2007.
Since the provision of financial services is a capital intensive business, the Group, in October 2011, brought in a strategic investor, Hony Capital Fund 2008, L.P. ("Hony"), to Rongzhong for which the total capital investment made by Hony was approximately US$155 million. To facilitate the introduction of Hony, Rongzhong had completed a reorganization involving, among others, the spinoff of Rongzhong Capital Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively "Rongzhong Financial Leasing Group"), which mainly engages in the provision of financial leasing and related services, from Rongzhong Group ("New Rongzhong Group"), which then mainly provides bridge financing services, loan guarantee services, financial consulting and management services. After completion of the reorganization, the Group now owns 50.055% equity interest in Rongzhong Financial Leasing Group and 40% equity interest in New Rongzhong Group.