{"id":8857,"date":"2020-08-11T00:44:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T00:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8857"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:54:09","slug":"share-prices-force-ipi-executive-director-to-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/share-prices-force-ipi-executive-director-to-sell","title":{"rendered":"Share prices force IPI executive director to sell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cui Li Jie remains IPI&#8217;s main stakeholder. Less than 2 per cent of issued capital has changed hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- A recent fall in Imperial Pacific International (IPI) stock prices have forced its executive director and majority shareholder Cui Li Jie to divest in the casino operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPI has made a voluntary announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange saying it had been notified of the change by Inventive Star Limited, a company wholly-owned by Jie, which made the recent sale of stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventive Star said the trading price of IPI\u2019s shares has dropped and &#8220;triggered the enforcement of margin financing. \u201d There were forced sales of an aggregate of 72,000,000 shares, representing approximately 0.05 per cent of IPI\u2019s issued capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventive Star also sold another 2,132,600,000 shares from its stake in the Saipan casino operator, representing another 1.49 per cent of its capital. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm said that as a result of these two operations, Inventive Star\u2019s stake in IPI was lowered from 63.47 per cent to 61.93 per cent, meaning it remains the controlling stakeholder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPI shares hit a low of HK$0.010 (US$0.001) as of Sunday night, having fallen from a high of HK$0.101 (US$0.013) on January 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IPI has been fighting several <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cash-in-casino-cage-is-restricted-ipi-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal battles with providers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as well as the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/senate-to-review-saipan-casino-fee-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Northern Mariana Islands&#8217; government<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in relation to the construction of its Saipan integrated resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executives were recently <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/imperial-pacific-no-connection-with-execs-facing-prosecution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused of infringing labour laws<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, although the company has siad it has no connection to the accusations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cui Li Jie remains IPI&#8217;s main stakeholder. Less than 2 per cent of issued capital has changed hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cui Li Jie, the majority shareholder of Imperial Pacific International (IPI), was compelled to divest a portion of her stake due to margin call enforcement triggered by a significant drop in IPI's stock price on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. 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