Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China

Registered address:
PO Box 344
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Island

Incorporation year: 1994

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: XINGF

Financial highlights:
Net sales (2006): US$412 million

About the BVI company:

Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, is one of China's largest manufacturers and distributors of telecommunications terminal products, developing, producing and marketing a wide range of mobile handsets, with increasing focus on differentiated products. It is also one of the leading Chinese manufacturers of mobile handsets, in terms of unit sales volume.

The two major subsidiaries of Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. are:

1) CEC Telecom Co., Ltd (CECT), - a limited liability company registered in PRC, and one of the largest domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets in China, with the increasing focus on differentiated products that generates higher profit margins.

2) Qiao Xing Communication Industry Co., Ltd (HZQXCI), - China-registered joint venture and one of the largest local indoor telephone players in China and an emerging mobile phone player in the China market, with its focus on higher-end indoor phones and economy mobile phones.

XING first started its original design manufacturing (ODM) in corded fixed line telephones in 1992 in the Chinese Province Guangdong. The company has demonstrated its differentiated products, the last of which were information securiy mobile phones with Five-star rating launched in 2007.
The Company also developed the first model of LCD telephone sets and the first model of wireless fixed phones in China.

The company has also maintained strategic relation with renowned domestic and international telecommunication terminal R&D firms, including BVI registered TechFaith company.

Commerce Consulting Ltd.

Industry: E-commerce solutions

Main business locations: Mainly Asia

Registered Address:
Commerce Consulting Ltd
PO Box 3321
Road Town Tortola
British Virgin Island

About the BVI company:

Commerce Consulting Ltd. is the company that fully manages Click-Pay online payment gateway. Click-Pay. PAY Point is a common electronic currency in Click-Pay for transaction of Internet. Click-Pay has connection with major banks in Asia, to process major credit cards and debit cards and provide the most secure and safe payment gateway for their business. Click-Pay may be used for sending money via email from credit card or China Debit Card, for making online purchases, for collecting money via email, for instant payouts via Asia ATM card solution.

Dixy Retail Limited

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Registered Office:
Trident Chambers,
P.O. Box 146,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

The BVI holding company Dixy Retail Limited holds 50.96% stake in Dixy Group, meaning that the BVI company is the majority shareholder of one of the leading Russian companies engaged in retail sales of foodstuff and household supplies.

Dixy Group was founded in 1992, after that it started operations under the trademark of Uniland. After the 1998 economic crisis in Russia, the company focused on the discount retail sector – the original distribution business continued to be a small part of the group's operations and was sold in 2006.

The first Dixy store was open in 1999 in Moscow. Dixy Group now operates three retail formats - Dixy, Megamart and Minimart. As of 1st December 2007, the company operates 372 units, including 8 “Megamart” compact hypermarkets and 7 “Minimart” supermarkets, in three federal districts of Russia.

Livermore Investments Group Limited

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
Trident Chambers
PO Box 146
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 475668

Incorporation date: 2002 (under the name Empire Online Gaming)

Listed on: London Stock Exchange AIM
Ticker: LIV

Financials:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares: 292,777,772
Profit (2006): USD 62,720,000
Earnings per share (2006): USD 0.21
Total Assets (2006): USD 313,123,000

Bankers:
Bank Hapoalim (Luxembourg)
Leumi Bank (Switzerland)
FIBI Bank (Switzerland)

Solicitors: Travers Smith

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Major shareholders:
Groverton Management Ltd. 47.41%
Mr Aviv Raiz 8.65%
New Star Asset Management 5.55%
RB Investments GmbH 3.89%

About the BVI company:
Livermore Investments Group Limited is an investment company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and listed on London AIM, having a global remit and an administration centre in Cyprus. Company generates returns for shareholders by investing across real estate, equities and the credit markets. Livermore’s investment strategy have a global remit with a focus on value added opportunities in emerging markets.

Livermore Investments Group Limited was operating in online gaming industry under the name of Empire Online Limited; following the Company's EGM on 17 January 2007, Empire Online Limited disposed of its remaining operating activities in online gaming and changed its purpose to Investment Company generating returns for its shareholders through investing across real estate, equities and the credit markets.