意達利控股(00720.HK)接納終止MASERATI汽車經銷權
格隆匯 4 月 16日丨意達利控股(00720.HK)公吿,內容有關公司全資附屬公司AutoItalia(HongKong) Limited("附屬公司")針對MaseratiS.p.A.("Maserati")提出的訴訟。 附屬公司於香港高等法院向Maserati發出傳訊令狀,宣稱(其中包括)於2018年10月1日簽訂所謂"進口及經銷協議"不法地終止經銷權協議。
自從於香港高等法院發出傳訊令狀,公司與附屬公司一直積極與Maserati進行商業商談。於公吿日期,雙方仍未就有關事宜達成共識。
董事會注意到啟動全面訴訟可能產生的成、時間及其他資源,故訴訟將暫時終止,以待公司、附屬公司與Maserati進行磋商。
公司董事會一直密切關注和檢討訴訟以及Maserati汽車經銷業務("經銷業務")的營運及表現。董事會認為,訴訟必然會涉及訴訟風險、相當的時間和法律費用,因而會分散集團的管理和財務資源。
此外,董事會得悉,經銷業務於過去三個財政年度錄得虧損,以及於2020整個年度受COVID-19疫情和就此帶來經濟不振的嚴重打擊。誠如公司於2021年3月30日刊發截至2020年12月31日止年度的年度報吿所示,2020年向Maserati客户交付的汽車數目較上一年度急跌約40%,汽車分部收入由2019年的2.21億港元大幅降至1.2億港元。
鑑於(i)訴訟涉及相當的時間和高昂的費用,另需承擔相關的訴訟風險;(ii)越見艱難的營商環境對經銷業務構成不利影響;及(iii)經銷業務近年表現並不理想,董事會決定,集團別無選擇,只能接納Maserati於2020年10月28日向附屬公司發出的終止Maserati經銷權通知("接納終止"),此舉有助集團重新分配資源,將資源集中發展其他主營業務,即金融投資及服務、生命科學投資及物業投資。
集團以生命科學和醫療行業為重心,繼續尋求有關商機,並於2020年2月完成認購Chime Biologics Limited的A系列優先股。另外,公司於2021年3月進一步收購DakotaREII Limited的控股權,從而保障集團物業投資分部的可觀收入來源。
基於上文所述,董事會認為,接納終止符合公司及其股東的整體利益。受監管和合規要求所限,除非出現任何無法預知的情況,預計經銷業務將於2021年4月26日終止。
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