Leview Mobile Pays Off USD48 Million Debts via Transfer of Equity in Yidao
Xu Wei
DATE:  Aug 23 2017
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Leview Mobile Pays Off USD48 Million Debts via Transfer of Equity in Yidao Leview Mobile Pays Off USD48 Million Debts via Transfer of Equity in Yidao

(Yicai Global) Aug. 23 -- The cash-strapped internet ecosystem developer, LeEco, has started servicing some of its debts. One of its affiliates, Leshi Mobile Intelligent Technology (Beijing) Co. (Leview Mobile), paid off debts of around USD48 million through share transfers.

Sincoo Electronics Technology Co., a subsidiary of Guangdong Silver Age Science & Technology Co. [SHE:300221], signed a debt reorganization agreement with Lucky Clover Ltd., Wu Meng and Leview Mobile on Aug. 21, the public company said in a statement yesterday. Per the agreement, Leview Mobile's affiliates, Lucky Clover and Wu Meng, will pay CNY322.9 million (USD48.4) and CNY1.85 million respectively (CNY324.75 million in total) in debt service payments to Sincoo via equity transfers.

The debt reorganization plan involves, Silver Age noted in the statement, Lucky Clover transfers a 6.1275 percent stake in Easy Go Inc. to Sincoo, and Wu Meng transfers to Sincoo a 6.1275 percent stake in Beijing Oriental Carring Information Technology Co. Easy Go and Oriental Carring Information Technology are collectively known as 'Yidao Yongche', a company that serves as a 'variable interest entity.'

Wu Meng is a supervisor at Leshi Internet Information and Technology Co. [SHE:300104], and used to be Yidao's largest shareholder before the arrival of Tao Yun Capital Group as the controlling shareholder.

Sincoo Electronics was Leview Mobile's main supplier of outer metal parts. As of Sept. 30, 2016, Leview Mobile owed CNY300 million in accounts payable to Sincoo, accounting for 75.69 percent of the electronic supplier's total receivables. Leview's orders being fulfilled by Sincoo as of Oct. 12, 2016, totaled CNY187 million, in addition to CNY100 million worth of unfulfilled orders.

The debt crisis at Leview Mobile surfaced in last November, and the company has been struggling with a cash crunch ever since then. Leview Mobile is LeEco's smartphone arm.

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