"Xing" Engine Drives Industry Transition, Industrial Bank Nanjing Branch Empowers Helen Zhe's Strategic Upgrade through Mergers and Syndicated Loans

Recently, Industrial Bank’s Nanjing Branch led the successful completion of a 1.516 billion yuan syndicated loan project for Xuzhou Helen Zhe Special Vehicle Co., Ltd., specifically to support its acquisition of a 51% stake in Hubei and Andun Fire Technology Co., Ltd. The project was spearheaded by Industrial Bank’s Xuzhou Branch, which also managed the syndicate affairs, achieving a “double breakthrough” in the bank’s listed company M&A business and syndication leadership. This exemplifies Industrial Bank Nanjing Branch’s commitment to serving the real economy and leveraging professional investment banking strength to promote industrial integration.

Xuzhou Helen Zhe Special Vehicle Co., Ltd. is a listed company specializing in high-altitude operation vehicles and emergency equipment, with long-term focus on R&D and manufacturing of specialized vehicles. Its products are widely used in power, municipal, firefighting, and other fields. In recent years, the company has actively seized opportunities in the national emergency industry development, and through this acquisition of controlling stakes in Hubei and Andun Fire Technology Co., Ltd., it has strategically extended into the fire emergency equipment sector, further improving its layout in the emergency safety industry chain, enhancing overall competitiveness, and demonstrating the proactive role of listed companies in industry upgrading through capital operations.

In recent years, ongoing reforms in the capital market have deepened, and mergers and acquisitions have become an important way for listed companies to optimize resource allocation and achieve strategic transformation. Against this backdrop, Industrial Bank Nanjing Branch has fully leveraged its investment banking service advantages, accurately matching the financing needs of real enterprises for M&A. In response to the funding requirements of Helen Zhe’s acquisition, the bank’s Investment Banking Department quickly responded after capturing the company’s announcement on January 4, carefully designing a dedicated financing plan. Facing fierce competition from peers, Xuzhou Branch’s Tongshan Sub-branch acted swiftly, made accurate predictions, and processed approvals efficiently, winning the bid among several state-owned banks and successfully forming a syndicate as the lead arranger, obtaining agency bank qualification. From the announcement to approval and issuance of the approval document on January 30, the branch completed the report drafting and full approval process with remarkable speed, demonstrating high operational efficiency.

The total syndicate loan amount is 516 million yuan, with a 10-year term. Industrial Bank, as the lead bank, underwrote 245.1 million yuan, accounting for 47.5%. Currently, the syndicate has arranged for disbursements of 247.9 million yuan according to payment schedules, effectively ensuring the smooth progress of the acquisition and providing solid financial support for the company’s industrial integration.

In recent years, Industrial Bank Nanjing Branch has continuously strengthened its investment banking services, with its “Investment Banking” brand increasingly prominent, achieving notable success in bond underwriting, M&A financing, and asset matching. The successful implementation of this first M&A syndicate project for a listed company by Xuzhou Branch demonstrates the bank’s professional strength and market competitiveness in M&A finance. Moving forward, Industrial Bank Nanjing Branch will continue to uphold its core mission of serving the real economy, explore integrated applications of M&A financing, investment banking, and commercial banking products, and provide strong financial support for listed company value reconstruction, industrial upgrading, and regional economic development.