Martin Whitman on Hang Lung Group (HNLGY.PK)

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Mar 19, 2007
Hang Lung Group Common was acquired by the Fund at a price that values 100% of the outstanding Hang Lung Group Common at US $4,113,800,000. Around 97% of Hang Lung Group’s net assets are represented by its ownership of 50.6% of the outstanding common stock of Hang Lung Properties Limited. That 50.6% interest in Hang Lung Properties Common had a market value of US $5,733,000,000 at January 31, 2007. Put simply, the Hang Lung Group Common was acquired at a 28% discount from the market price of Hang Lung Properties Common at January 31, without attributing any value to the small amount of other assets, net of all debt, owned by Hang Lung Group. The Hang Lung entities seem to be a very interesting growth play, as the companies over the next five years or so embark on developing 12 major multi-use projects in various secondary cities in the People’s Republic of China.