Oh, the irony. On Tuesday, the chairman of Gome, China’s former top electronics retailer, told a thinly attended shareholder meeting that the imminent sentencing of his predecessor, facing insider trading and bribery charges, would have “no effect on the company’s operations and management style”. That was true until the votes were tallied after the AGM, when it became apparent that the jailbird, Huang Guangyu, had used his 34 per cent holding to oust three directors nominated for re-election by Bain Capital, the company’s saviour last year.
這可真是一種諷刺。周二,曾經是中國最大電子產品零售商的國美(Gome)的董事長在一個人數不多的股東會議上表示,他的前任(黃光裕)面對內幕交易和賄賂控罪即將被判刑一事,將“不會對本公司的運營和管理風格產生影響”。當年度股東大會結束后清點投票時,此言不攻自破。顯然,身陷囹圄的黃光裕用自己持有的34%股份,反對貝恩資本(Bain Capital)提名的三名董事重新當選。貝恩資本去年成為國美的救星。