Dongfeng Motor Group Explained

Dongfeng Motor Group
Trade Name:DFG
Type:Public
Isin:CNE100000312
Industry:Automotive
Founder:Dongfeng Motor Corporation
Hq Location:Dongfeng Road
Hq Location City:Wuhan, Hubei
Hq Location Country:China
Area Served:Worldwide
Num Employees:146,843
Num Employees Year:end 2017
Production: 2,900,000 (2021) [1]
Revenue Year:2017
Net Income Year:2017
Assets Year:2017
Equity Year:2017
Parent:SASAC (via Dongfeng Motor Corporation)
Footnotes:in consolidated financial statement; financial figure of the joint ventures were consolidated by equity method;[2] figure of production volume are including joint ventures

Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., doing business as DFG, is a Chinese holding company based in Wuhan, Hubei. Its H shares were listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Dongfeng Motor Group formed several joint ventures with other foreign automobile makers, namely Luxgen, Honda, Renault-Nissan and Stellantis (which created by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA). It also leased several trademarks from the parent company Dongfeng Motor Corporation since 2005.

Dongfeng Motor Group was ranked 550th in 2017 Forbes Global 2000 List.[3], the market capitalization of its H shares (about 33.15% of total share capital) was HK$24.931 billion.

History

Dongfeng Motor Group (then known as Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.) was incorporated on 18 May 2001 as a special purpose vehicle for debt-to-equity swap of Dongfeng Motor Corporation.[4] The other shareholders were fellow state-owned financial companies China Huarong Asset Management, China Cinda Asset Management, China Orient Asset Management, China Great Wall Asset Management and China Development Bank for a total of 42.86% stake.[4] In 2003, [new] Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. was incorporated as a joint venture of Dongfeng Motor Group and Nissan. Dongfeng Motor Group, at that time still known as [old] Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., was renamed to Dongfeng Automobile Industry Investment.[4]

In August 2004 Dongfeng Motor Group bought back all the stakes of Dongfeng Motor Group from other stakeholders, for a total of .[4] It also became a "company limited by shares" (analog of public limited company) in October 2004, with a new name Dongfeng Motor Group.[4] The company issued H share and became a listed company on 7 December 2005.[5] [6]

In 2014 the plan to establish Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. It would acquire some business and assets from the joint venture Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. In turn Volvo acquired 45% stake of Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle from Dongfeng Motor Group. At the same time Dongfeng Nissan Diesel Motor would be a wholly owned subsidiary of Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle.[7] In January 2015, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle was established.[8]

Subsidiaries

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Name Chinese name Percentage
岚图汽车科技有限公司 55
Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. Mengshi Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. 东风汽车集团股份有限公司猛士汽车科技公司 55
Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle 东风商用车有限公司 55
东风柳州汽车有限公司 75
Dongfeng Motor Finance 东风汽车财务有限公司 100
China Dongfeng Motor Industry Import and Export 中国东风汽车工业进出口有限公司
Dongfeng Electrical Vehicle 东风电动车辆股份有限公司 90.07
Dongfeng Off-road Vehicle 东风越野车有限公司 100
Dongfeng (Shiyan) Special Purpose Commercial Vehicle 东风(十堰)特种商用车有限公司 75.08
Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile Sales 东风标致雪铁龙汽车销售有限责任公司 50
Dongvo (Hangzhou) Truck 东沃(杭州)卡车有限公司

Divisions

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Joint ventures

Equity interests

Shareholders

,[5] Dongfeng Motor Corporation is the largest shareholder for 66.86% shares. It was followed by Standard Chartered (2.81%), Prudential plc (2.64%), BlackRock (2.00%) and Edinburgh Partners (1.78%), all were H share owners and acted as investment managers (trustees).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Autoline Daily . 3 March 2022.
  2. Web site: 2017 Annual Report. 27 April 2018. 12 May 2018. Dongfeng Motor Group. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website.
  3. Web site: Dongfeng Motor Group on the Forbes Growth Champions List. forbes.com. 25 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170902114952/https://www.forbes.com/companies/dongfeng-motor-group/. 2 September 2017.
  4. Book: Prospectus. 24 November 2005. 29 July 2017. Dongfeng Motor Group. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729180105/http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2005/1124/LTN20051124007.htm. 29 July 2017.
  5. Web site: 2016 Annual Report. 27 April 2017. 28 July 2017. Dongfeng Motor Group. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728120057/http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2017/0427/LTN20170427585.pdf. 28 July 2017.
  6. Web site: List of H Share Companies (Main Board). 30 April 2018. 12 May 2018. Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  7. 东风汽车集团股份有限公司和沃尔沃集团重组东风商用车业务项目通过核准. 7 January 2014. 29 July 2017. National Development and Reform Commission. zh. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729174106/http://www.ndrc.gov.cn/fzgggz/gyfz/gyfz/201401/t20140124_677234.html. 29 July 2017.
  8. Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles Co., Ltd. Joint Venture Officially Established. 28 January 2015. 30 July 2017. Dongfeng Motor Group. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170802155629/http://www.dongfengtrucks.com/media/corporate-news/dongfeng-commercial-vehicles-co-ltd-joint-venture-officially-established/. 2 August 2017.
  9. Web site: 2016 Annual Report. 15 April 2017. 28 July 2017. Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd.. zh. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728180525/http://static.sse.com.cn/disclosure/listedinfo/announcement/c/2017-04-15/600006_2016_n.pdf. 28 July 2017.
  10. Web site: 关于转让控股子公司郑州日产股权的关联交易公告. 1 June 2017. 28 July 2017. Dongfeng Automobile Company. zh. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203654/http://static.sse.com.cn/disclosure/listedinfo/announcement/c/2017-06-13/600006_20170613_1.pdf. 28 July 2017.
  11. Web site: 아진산업(주)-대우전자부품(주), 중국 2위 동풍자동차그룹과 합자기업 설립의향서 체결. www.ytn.co.kr. 21 November 2017 . ko. 2018-10-16.
  12. Web site: Ajin Industrial to set up joint company with Dongfeng Industrial - MarkLines Automotive Industry Portal. www.marklines.com. 4 July 2018 . en. 2018-10-16.
  13. Web site: Stellantis N.V. (formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.) Annual Report and Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020. 6. Stellantis. 4 March 2021.