Hong Kong-listed NewOcean Energy Holdings Limited which is currently undergoing liquidation, on Tuesday (25 October) said the High Court of Hong Kong on 13 October (Hong Kong time) ordered the company to appoint joint and several liquidators.
Mr. Kenneth Fung and Mr. Roderick John Sutton, both of FTI Consulting (Hong Kong) Limited were named as the liquidators.
Manifold Times previously reported the first meeting of contributories of the company was held on 12 October 2022 at 3.00 pm. (Hong Kong time).
On 15 August, NewOcean said the High Court of Hong Kong on 8 August ordered the company to wind up.
This is following a winding up petition filed by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) against the embattled company in Hong Kong on 12 April 2022.
According to an earlier NewOcean stock exchange filing published on May 13 2022, KPC was a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier for NewOcean’s wholly owned subsidiary Sound Agents Limited since 2011.
NewOcean entered into sale and purchase agreements with KPC, including sale and purchase agreements dated 5 September 2019 and 2 March 2020. Under these contracts, NewOcean was to pay KPC for LPG supplies through an irrevocable documentary letter of credit.
However, in 2020, “the company’s bankers abruptly terminated credit lines to the company and its various subsidiaries, causing the company to default in paying KPC the penalties for breach of contracts as it was unable to issue letters of credit.”
NewOcean’s business segments include the sales and distribution of LPG, sales of electronic products, and its oil products business that includes its bunkering business.
In a separate case, the Court of Appeal for Bermuda on 26 July ordered NewOcean to wind up, while several individuals were ordered to continue acting as the Joint Provisional Liquidators of the company.
This is following its battle against a winding up petition filed by Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). It was alleged in the winding up petition that the company had failed to satisfy the petitioner a total indebtedness in the sum of HKD 5,433,659.12 (USD 698,274) and USD 70,802,320 totalling approximately USD 71.5 million.
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Photo credit: NewOcean
Published: 26 October, 2022
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