Gome Will Hold A "Special Meeting Of Shareholders" To Consider Increasing The Directors Of The Board.

The announcement said that the three resolutions included increasing the number of directors of the board from 11 to 13, appointing Zou Xiaochun as executive director of the company and appointing Huang Yanhong as the non-executive director of the company.

Gome announced on the evening of the 10 th of this month, signed a memorandum of understanding with Gome's largest shareholder and Wong Kwong Yu controlled Yao Guan holdings, and agreed to convene a special meeting of shareholders to increase the number of directors of the board from 11 to 13 and appoint two directors nominated by major shareholders.

In exchange, large shareholders have no intention to terminate any existing group agreements made between Gome's listed and unlisted parts and will continue to abide by the terms of the agreement.

This means that the "Gome spin off", which is heated by many market participants in the early days, will be temporarily closed.

The notice said that since the two sides promised to appoint new directors after signing the memorandum of understanding, they would cooperate with each other in all aspects. The Board considered the appointment to be in the best interests of the company and shareholders and recommended that all shareholders vote for the resolution.

In December, the "shareholders special meeting" will be held after September 28th this year. Gome held the second shareholder special meeting to resolve the contradiction between Gome's board of directors and Gome's major shareholders.

At the shareholders' special meeting held in September 28th, Chen Xiao, chairman of Gome's board of directors, succeeded in retaining office, and the shareholders voted for 3 Bain Capital representatives to be the non-executive directors of Gome; the 5 motion proposed by Wong Kwong Yu side was voted out by the shareholders except for "immediately withdrawing the general authorization", and the remaining 4 were rejected.

16, Gome released the first three quarters of this year's performance report: benefiting from the strong growth of domestic consumption demand and the implementation of the company's network optimization and effective growth strategy, the company achieved sales revenue of 37 billion 270 million yuan, up 18.6% from the same period last year, and consolidated gross profit margin rose to 17.6% from the same period in the same period last year, while operating profit increased 61.3% to RMB 1 billion 868 million yuan.

In the first three quarters of this year, Gome opened 61 stores, including closing 29 low benefit stores and 90 new stores. During the period, it also launched 12 "new living houses" to pform 152 new shops and two inefficient 152 stores.

Through network optimization and accelerated store pformation, the company's store operating efficiency continued to improve, the sales volume per square meter in the first three quarters increased by 21.8% compared with the same period last year, and the same store sales (comparable to 647) increased by 21.5% over the same period last year.

In addition, due to the continued implementation of effective product differentiation management and standardized supplier contract management, Gome's gross margin increased from 16.8% in the first 9 months of last year to 17.6% in the same period this year.

During the reporting period, the total number of stores in Gome reached 1255.