ASIA EQUITY VALUE LTD v. HQX (GROUP) LTD AND OTHERS

ASIA EQUITY VALUE LTD v. HQX (GROUP) LTD AND OTHERS

The judge held the re-amended statement of claim was not fatally defective and did disclose the case run by the plaintiff; on construction the Letter Agreement contained a clear mistake as to the first date (25 March should read 29 March) and the second date objectively construed as 8 July 2019 based on the...

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Citation
[2021] HKCFI 2593
Parties
Plaintiff: asia equity value limited; 1st Defendant: hqx (group) limited; 2nd Defendant: xiwang group company limited; 3rd Defendant: XIWANG INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED; 4th Defendant: WANG DI; 5th Defendant: WANG YONG
Court
Court of First Instance
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
16 September 2021
Case Number
HCA1966/2019
Procedural Posture
Civil Summary Judgment Appeal / Appeal (re Hearing)
Outcome
Appeal dismissed; summary judgment upheld for the plaintiff
Legal Topics
Summary Judgment, Contract Construction, Put Option, Guarantee, Rectification, Liquidated Damages, Pleadings
Source Language
en
Contract Civil Procedure Securities Commercial Summary Judgment Contract Construction Put Option Guarantee +3 more

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Parties

asia equity value limited

Plaintiff

hqx (group) limited

1st Defendant

xiwang group company limited

2nd Defendant

XIWANG INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

3rd Defendant

WANG DI

4th Defendant

WANG YONG

5th Defendant

Procedural Posture

Civil Summary Judgment Appeal / Appeal (re Hearing)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the plaintiff validly pleaded the case to support summary judgment
  2. 2 Whether the put option was validly exercised by notice dated 11 September 2019
  3. 3 Construction/rectification of dates in the Letter Agreement (25 Mar/30 Jun v 29 Mar/8 Jul)

Ratio Decidendi

The judge held the re-amended statement of claim was not fatally defective and did disclose the case run by the plaintiff; on construction the Letter Agreement contained a clear mistake as to the first date (25 March should read 29 March) and the second date objectively construed as 8 July 2019 based on the contemporaneous Announcement, so the Dividend Event was established; the Shareholding Event was also established because the 2nd defendant filed the Corporate Substantial Shareholder Notice and must be taken to have known of the shortfall so the 14-day grace had lapsed; the Litigation Event and Negative Pledge Event raised triable issues and required trial; because clauses 4.2 and 4.3...

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed; summary judgment upheld for the plaintiff

Orders

  • Final judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of HK$192,500,000
  • Interest on the Sum at the contractual rate from 19 September 2019 until date of full and final payment