{"id":35517,"date":"2022-11-17T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=35517"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:52:21","slug":"let-group-disposes-of-16-7m-shares-on-open-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/let-group-disposes-of-16-7m-shares-on-open-market","title":{"rendered":"LET Group disposes of 16.7m shares on open market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The disposal represents approximately 0.25 per cent of issued share capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.-<strong> LET Group Holdings Ltd<\/strong> has reported that its controlling shareholder and parties acting with it have disposed 16.7m shares on the open market, representing approximately 0.25 per cent of the company&#8217;s issued share capital. LET Group said the move aimed to restore LET&#8217;s public float to the minimum 25 per cent required by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company stated: &#8220;After completion of the disposal, the shareholding of the offeror and parties acting in concert with it in LET has been reduced from 5,017,604,857 LET Shares to 5,000,904,857 LET Shares, representing a reduction from approximately 75.25 per cent to 75.00 per cent of the total issued share capital of LET as at the date of this announcement.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added, \u201c25.00 per cent of the total issued share capital of LET, are held by the public upon completion of the Disposal, and the minimum public float of LET as required under Rule 8.08(1)(a) of the Listing Rules has been restored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/major-success-group-acquires-75-of-let-group-shares\" target=\"_blank\">Major Success Group<\/a>&nbsp;acquired 5.018bn shares \u2013 approximately 75.25 per cent of all issued shares. The company controlled by&nbsp;<strong>Andrew Lo Kai Bong<\/strong>, a former business associate of ex-Macau junket boss&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/alvin-chau-changes-lawyer-as-macau-trial-resumes\" target=\"_blank\">Alvin Chau Cheok Wa<\/a>, paid HK$0.069 (US$0.00892) per share after making&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/major-success-group-ups-offer-for-let-group-holdings\" target=\"_blank\">an original offer<\/a>&nbsp;of HK$0.0029 per share.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disposal represents approximately 0.25 per cent of issued share capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":27875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"LET Group Holdings Ltd's controlling shareholder has disposed of 0.25% of its issued share capital to restore the company's public float to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's minimum 25% requirement. This action follows a recent acquisition of a 75.25% stake by Major Success Group, controlled by Andrew Lo Kai Bong, a former associate of Alvin Chau Cheok Wa.","focusai_entities":"LET Group Holdings Ltd, Major Success Group, Andrew Lo Kai Bong, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, Hong Kong Stock Exchange","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Public Float Impact?","query":"What are the long-term implications of this public float restoration for LET Group's capital raising capabilities and investor confidence, particularly given the recent change in controlling shareholder?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Changes?","query":"How does the restoration of the public float and the new controlling shareholder, Major Success Group, influence LET Group's corporate governance framework and its strategic direction moving forward?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[24197],"class_list":["post-35517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-let-group-holdings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35551,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35517\/revisions\/35551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}