Anonymous alumni donated 300 million yuan and found it!

Southeast University’s 120th anniversary was donated 300 million yuan by anonymous alumni, which has recently become one of the hot spots on the Internet.

On the evening of June 6th, the A-share listed company Shengshi Technology (002990.SZ, closing price: 24.93 yuan, market value: 6.435 billion yuan) made a paper announcement, revealing that Southeast University also obtained shares with a market value of nearly 30 million yuan donated by the actual controller of the company. At the same time, listed companies also announced that they have signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Southeast University in Industry-University-Research. National business daily reporter noted that the official WeChat of Southeast University Education Foundation disclosed the above donation agreement and Industry-University-Research strategic cooperation agreement on June 5th.

The actual controller of Shengshi Technology donated millions of shares.

Shengshi Technology announced that Mr. Qu Lei, the controlling shareholder and actual controller of the company, intends to donate 1.2 million shares of Shengshi Technology to Southeast University Education Foundation for free, accounting for 0.46% of the total share capital of Shengshi Technology as of the date of this announcement.

Image source: announcement screenshot

It is reported that Qu Lei donated 1.2 million shares of Shengshi Technology to the Foundation for free, which will be used to set up the "Shengshi Qu Lei Education Fund". Up to now, the shares of Shengshi Technology held by Qu Lei are still in the restricted sales period, and the conditions for lifting the restricted sales need to be met after May 25, 2023. Qu Lei will not go through the delivery procedures for the donated shares before the sale restriction is lifted. Before the delivery of the donated shares, Qu Lei still has the ownership of the donated shares, still enjoys complete shareholder rights and assumes corresponding shareholder obligations.

Image source: official website, Southeast University

According to the arrangement, after the Southeast University Education Foundation obtains 1.2 million shares of Shengshi Technology donated by Qu Lei, it can agree with Qu Lei to continue to hold or transfer the corresponding shares according to the actual situation, and the dividend income obtained in the process of continuing to hold or the consideration obtained by transferring the corresponding shares will be included in the "Shengshi Qulei Education Fund".

The above fund consists of "Sheng Shi Qu Lei Zhuo Yue Scholarship", "Sheng Shi Qu Lei Zhi Shan Talent Fund" and "Sheng Shi Qu Lei Technology Innovation Fund". Among them, these three sub-funds will be used to reward and fund students who meet the relevant conditions in colleges related to the development of Shengshi science and technology business; Introduction of outstanding talents from colleges related to the development of Shengshi science and technology business; Sponsor qualified teachers to carry out projects or research projects that have a significant role in promoting technological progress in their fields, as well as joint laboratories or R&D centers established by Shengshi Technology and Southeast University.

The disclosure of cooperation agreement was later than that of Southeast University.

As of the close of June 6, the share price of Shengshi Technology closed at 24.93 yuan/share, and the market value of 1.2 million shares of the company was about 29.916 million yuan. Up to now, Qu Lei and his concerted actions hold a total of 189 million shares of Shengshi Technology, with a shareholding ratio of 73.36%; After the donation, it held 188 million shares, accounting for 72.90%.

Qu Lei founded Shengshi Technology in 1997; In May 2020, Shengshi Technology successfully landed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. At present, Shengshi Technology mainly provides the overall solution of smart port inspection system and its intelligent products, and has expanded its business to other application fields such as intelligent transportation, smart airport, smart park and smart city management. In 2020 and 2021, Shengshi Technology achieved a net profit of 224 million yuan and 179 million yuan respectively, with year-on-year changes of 5.30% and -20.12% respectively. In the first quarter of this year, the company’s net profit was 50,608,800 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 49.09%.

For the above donation behavior, Qu Lei called it "to actively fulfill the social responsibility of entrepreneurs, give back to his alma mater and support the development of his alma mater’s education". According to the information released by the official WeChat of Shenzhen Southeast University Alumni Association, Qu Lei graduated from the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Control and Automation of Southeast University in 1994.

Southeast University has recently received a large amount of "funding" from alumni. On June 5th, Southeast University published an article in official website, saying that on the occasion of celebrating the 120th anniversary of the school, outstanding alumni anonymously donated RMB 300 million to their alma mater to serve the interdisciplinary development strategy of the school. It is reported that this donation is the highest single donation received by Southeast University so far.

Anonymous alumni donated RMB 300 million to Southeast University. Image source: official website, Southeast University

National business daily reporter noted that the official WeChat of Southeast University Education Foundation released the aforementioned donation on the afternoon of June 5, and disclosed that Shengshi Technology signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Southeast University in Industry-University-Research.

It is reported that Huang Ru, academician of China Academy of Sciences and president of Southeast University, said that the school will sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Shengshi Technology, set up a joint laboratory or R&D center to tackle key technical problems, better promote the transformation of achievements, and draw up a joint talent training plan, a technology normalization exchange mechanism and joint subject research. Huang Ru pointed out that Qu Lei’s years of practical experience and forward-looking vision in the field of AI+ industry coincide with the intersection of disciplines being planned by the school and the layout of "big information", and it is of great significance to strengthen close cooperation with alumni enterprises such as Shengshi Technology, and at the same time to cultivate innovative, interdisciplinary and leading talents facing the future, cultivate more interdisciplinary growth points and achieve more original innovation breakthroughs from 0 to 1.

Shengshi Technology didn’t disclose the above donation and Industry-University-Research strategic cooperation agreement until the evening of June 6th.

Original title: "Anonymous alumni donated 300 million, found it! 》