Hong Kong SFC Starts Legal Proceedings to Disqualify 8 Directors & Chairman of Hong Kong Listed Mobile Game Company FingerTango for Misconduct & Breac
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Hong Kong SFC Starts Legal Proceedings to Disqualify 8 Directors & Chairman of Hong Kong Listed Mobile Game Company FingerTango for Misconduct & Breach of Fiduciary Duties, Invested $57 Million in Fund without Proper Due Diligence on Track Record & Portfolio, Invested $31 Million in Loan Notes of Small Private Company Which Defaulted Leading to Losses of $33 Million Including Accrued Interest 7h October 2023 | Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) has started legal proceedings to disqualify 8 current & former Directors and Chairman of Hong Kong listed mobile game company Fingertango for misconduct & breach of fiduciary duties, investing $57 million (HKD 450 million) in a fund without proper due diligence on track record & portfolio and invested $31 million (HKD 250 million) in loan notes of small private company which subsequently defaulted leading to losses of $33 million (HKD 258 million) including accrued interest. Hong Kong SFC: “FingerTango’s shares have been listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 12 July 2018. FingerTango and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in the mobile game operation and publishing business in the Mainland … … The nine respondents named in the SFC’s legal proceedings are: (i) FingerTango; (ii) Mr Liu Jie , chairman, chief executive officer and executive director (ED); (iii) Mr Wang Zaicheng, former ED and joint company secretary; (iv) Mr Liu Zhanxi, former ED and chief financial officer; (v) Mr Zhu Yanbin, former ED and chief operating officer; (vi) Mr Wu Junjie, former ED and vice president; (vii)-(ix) Mr Guo Jingdou, Ms Yao Minru and Mr Du Geyang, former independent non-executive directors. The SFC’s legal action follows an investigation which found that the eight current or former directors had breached their fiduciary duties to act in good faith and in the best interests of the company and failed to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence to protect FingerTango’s interests. Shortly after listing, the directors caused FingerTango to use proceeds from its initial public offering to invest $450 million in a fund without conducting proper due diligence about the fund such as its track record and portfolio. FingerTango partially redeemed the fund in December 2019, and immediately invested another $250 million in loan notes issued by a small-scale private company, which subsequently defaulted and led FingerTango to suffer a loss and damage of $258.75 million, including the accrued interest. The SFC alleges that the loss and damage suffered by FingerTango was caused by the breaches of the duties towards FingerTango on the part of Liu Jie, Wang, Liu Zhangxi, Zhu, Guo and Yao. Specifically, they failed to carry out proper due inquiries into the loan notes issuer and assessed the risks involved in the investment. They are liable to compensate the losses suffered by FingerTango.” More info below:
“ Hong Kong SFC Starts Legal Proceedings to Disqualify 8 Directors & Chairman of Hong Kong Listed Mobile Game Company FingerTango for Misconduct & Breach of Fiduciary Duties, Invested $57 Million in Fund without Proper Due Diligence on Track Record & Portfolio, Invested $31 Million in Loan Notes of Small Private Company Which Defaulted Leading to Losses of $33 Million Including Accrued Interest “
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Hong Kong SFC Starts Legal Proceedings to Disqualify 8 Directors & Chairman of Hong Kong Listed Mobile Game Company FingerTango for Misconduct & Breach of Fiduciary Duties
Hong Kong, Asia’s leading financial centre 6th Oct 2023 – The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has commenced legal proceedings in the Court of First Instance (CFI) to seek disqualification orders against eight current or former directors of FingerTango Inc. (FingerTango) and a compensation order against six of them for allegedly committing corporate misconduct and breaching their duties towards FingerTango. The SFC is also seeking a court order for FingerTango to appoint an independent external auditor to review and prepare a report on its internal control procedures to ensure that FingerTango complies with all relevant rules and regulations in Hong Kong (Notes 1 & 2). The nine respondents named in the SFC’s legal proceedings are: (i) FingerTango; (ii) Mr Liu Jie , chairman, chief executive officer and executive director (ED); (iii) Mr Wang Zaicheng, former ED and joint company secretary; (iv) Mr Liu Zhanxi, former ED and chief financial officer; (v) Mr Zhu Yanbin, former ED and chief operating officer; (vi) Mr Wu Junjie, former ED and vice president; (vii)-(ix) Mr Guo Jingdou, Ms Yao Minru and Mr Du Geyang, former independent non-executive directors (Note 3).
The SFC’s legal action follows an investigation which found that the eight current or former directors had breached their fiduciary duties to act in good faith and in the best interests of the company and failed to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence to protect FingerTango’s interests. Shortly after listing, the directors caused FingerTango to use proceeds from its initial public offering to invest $450 million in a fund without conducting proper due diligence about the fund such as its track record and portfolio. FingerTango partially redeemed the fund in December 2019, and immediately invested another $250 million in loan notes issued by a small-scale private company, which subsequently defaulted and led FingerTango to suffer a loss and damage of $258.75 million, including the accrued interest.
The SFC alleges that the loss and damage suffered by FingerTango was caused by the breaches of the duties towards FingerTango on the part of Liu Jie, Wang, Liu Zhangxi, Zhu, Guo and Yao. Specifically, they failed to carry out proper due inquiries into the loan notes issuer and assessed the risks involved in the investment. They are liable to compensate the losses suffered by FingerTango. The SFC has issued restriction notices to three brokers prohibiting them from dealing with or processing certain assets held in accounts which are beneficially owned by Liu Jie, Wang and Zhu, so that there will be funds available for them to pay compensation to FingerTango if so ordered by the court (Note 4).
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