Failed self-rescue? Nezha Automotive: "Non-existent" remove the founder, shareholders work together to save the company.

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31/05/2025
On May 30th, in response to recent reports from multiple media outlets about the removal of the headquarters LOGO in Shanghai, the failure of the "debt-to-equity swap" plan, and the motion by state-owned shareholders to remove the founder, chairman, and CEO of NIO, William Li, the Nezha Automobile company denied the news when asked for confirmation. Regarding the "failure of the debt-to-equity swap plan," reports stated that NIO owed suppliers a total of about 6 billion yuan, and on March 25th, NIO had reached agreements with over a hundred suppliers for a debt-to-equity swap plan totaling over 2 billion yuan. The investors had originally agreed to resolve half of the debt, which was 3 billion yuan, in order to provide new funds. However, a spokesperson for the company stated: "The debt-to-equity swap plan does not have KPIs. It is a solution for the company's self-rescue, and does not involve anything else." As for the state-owned investors of NIO's parent company, Youzu New Energy Automobile, who were reportedly considering a motion to convene a board meeting to remove William Li, the spokesperson responded: "This is untrue. The state-owned shareholders are working with us to save the company." Regarding financing, the spokesperson added, "In fact, the financing has never stopped, it just hasn't made further progress."