佘學彬旗下的「大自然木業 Nature Wood」，遞交招股書，擬美國納斯達克IPO上市

2023年4月25日，總部位於澳門、佘學彬旗下的Nature Wood Group Limited(以下簡稱「大自然木業」或「Nature Wood」)在美國證監會(SEC)公開披露招股書，擬於美國納斯達克IPO上市，股票代碼NWGL。其早於2022年11月18日在SEC秘密遞表。

佘學彬旗下的大自然家居(02083.HK)，原在港交所掛牌上市，後實施私有化於2021年10月19日從港交所退市。

Nature Wood招股書鏈接：

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1948294/000149315223013496/formf-1.htm#s_006

主要業務

Nature Wood，總部位於澳門，作為一家全球領先的垂直整合林業公司，專註於 FSC(FSC是一家致力於促進負責任和可持續森林管理的獨立認證機構)業務運營。公司業務涵蓋上游森林管理和採伐、以及下游木材加工和分銷。

Nature Wood主要通過在歐洲、南亞、南美、北美和中國的銷售網絡提供廣泛的產品系列，包括原木、裝飾板、地板、鋸材、再生木炭、合成木炭、機制木炭和精油 . 根據弗若斯特沙利文報告，公司是 (i) 第二大木製品出口供應商；(ii) 經FSC認證的第二大木製品出口供應商；(iii) 按 2021 年出口值計算，秘魯最大的裝飾產品供應商。按 2021 年出口量計算，公司還是法國最大的橡木出口供應商和第二大闊葉木出口供應商。

截至2023年3月17日，Nature Wood擁有秘魯森林的特許經營權，面積約為615,333公頃；其中Cumaru、Estoraque分別覆蓋約13.67%、1.66%的森林。Cumaru(通常用於生產地板、裝飾和其他建築材料)、Estoraque(通常用於生產地板和傢具)是有價值的硬木木材，可生產堅固耐用的木材，非常適合高價值市場。

根據Frost & Sullivan報告，Nature Wood是少數成功實施 FSC 認證運營(包括森林管理、採伐和木製品製造)的林業公司之一。公司於2016年開始FSC業務運營，當時子公司Grupo Maderero Amaz S.A.C.首先獲得FSC產銷監管鏈(CoC)認證並開始銷售FSC認證產品。截至本招股說明書日期，公司5家子公司(包括Choi Chon Investment Company Limited、E&T Forestal S.A.C.、Grupo Maderero Amaz S.A.C.、Nuevo San Martin S.A.C.和Latinoamerican Forest S.A.C)已獲得FSC CoC認證。公司還建立了專業的森林管理團隊來實施FSC森林管理。

股東架構

招股書顯示，Nature Wood在上市前的股東架構中，其控股股東是佘學彬Mr. Hok Pan Se夫婦，他們通過Easy Bliss(佘學彬佔60.2%、其配偶袁順意Ms. Son I Un佔39.8%)，持有86.25%的股權；

Ms. Soi Peng Un(袁順意的姐妹)，通過Ample Support Developments持有5%的股權；

梁志華 Zhihua Liang，持有4.80%的股權；

Linking Stars(其中Ms. Soi Peng Un佔13.39%)持有4.00%的股權。

公司架構

招股書顯示，Nature Wood的公司架構如下：

管理層

招股書顯示，Nature Wood的管理層如下：

Mr. Hok Pan Se, age 62, is our Director and chairman of the Board, and is primarily responsible for the overall strategic planning, business development and management of our Group. Mr. Se began his career in the flooring products industry in 1995 and has over 20 years of experience in the flooring products industry. Since 2007, Mr. Se has been a director and chairman of Nature Home Holding Company Limited (「Nature Home」), a company which was formerly listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (stock code: 2083.hk) and privatized in October 2021. As at the date of this prospectus, Mr. Se also held the following prominent positions outside of our Group: member of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People』s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), one of the draftsmen for the National Standard for Solid Wood Flooring in China, vice-chairman of Flooring Committee of China Timber Circulation Association, member of the China Association for Quality Inspection, member of the China Timber Standardization Technical Committee, honorary president of Macau General Association of Real Estate, vice president of The Industry and Commerce Association of Macau as well as adjunct professor at Nanjing Forestry University. To recognize Mr. Se』s contribution to the field, he has received the following awards: the Most Influential Figures in the 15-Year Development of China』s Flooring Industry (2010), 2015 Top Ten Persons of the Year in China』s Timber and Wood Products Industry, 2016 World Flooring Industry Business Summit Outstanding Entrepreneur, 2016 Elected Person for China Home Furnishing Industry Hall of Fame, 2016 Person of the China Economic News as well as Top Ten People in China』s Home Furnishing Industry in 2017.

Mr. Zhihua Liang, age 56, is our Director and senior consultant, and is primarily responsible for our Group』s human resources management and manufacturing strategic planning. Mr. Liang has extensive experience in the flooring industry as well as human resources and production management. Mr. Liang has been a director of our Group since January 2018. Mr. Liang held different major positions in Nature Home and its subsidiaries (the 「Nature Home Group」) from 2006 to 2019, including serving as the general manager of human resources and the production department of the Nature Home Group. Mr. Liang was appointed as an executive director and the president of the Nature Home in January 2014 and ceased to be the president of Nature Home in February 2018. Mr. Liang was re-designated as a non-executive director of Nature Home since March 2019. He was awarded the 「Foshan Dacheng Entrepreneur」 in 2019 and the 「Outstanding Entrepreneur」 in Gaogang District of Taizhou in 2017. Mr. Liang obtained his Bachelor of Preventive Medicine degree from the Guangdong Pharmaceutical University in July 1990.

Mr. Kam Pang Chim, age 46, is our chief financial officer, and is primarily responsible for formulating corporate strategies, overall management of financial, mergers and acquisitions and capital market affairs of our Group. Mr. Chim has over ten years of experience in finance performance control, multi-location finance team management and fundraising. Mr. Chim has worked as the chief financial officer of a subsidiary of our Group since September 2019. Prior to joining our Group, from August 2009 to January 2019, Mr. Chim served in the positions of chief financial officer in an OTC trade public company in the U.S. and a then HK listed company, and was primarily responsible for initial public offerings, strategic planning, business model development and finance management. Mr. Chim obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Lingnan University in November 2003.

Mr. Jianjun Zeng, age 39, is our chief executive officer, and is primarily responsible for the overall coordination of management and operation of our Group. Mr. Zeng has 10 years of strategic management experience in multinational groups and 16 years of experience in wood industry, and Mr. Zeng has acted as the chief executive officer of our Group since August 2020. Prior to that, from January 2019 to August 2020, he worked as the general manager of the commercial and resilient floor center at Nature Home (China) Co., Ltd (a member of the Nature Home Group), and was responsible for the overall operation of resilient flooring, including product development, production and sales. From June 2017 to January 2019, Mr. Zeng worked as the marketing director of the international business department at Nature Home (China) Co., Ltd., and was responsible for overseas marketing management. Mr. Zeng obtained his Bachelor of International Economics degree from Guangdong University of Finance & Economics in June 2006.

公司業績

招股書顯示，在過去的2020年、2021年和2022年，Nature Wood的收入分別為3,750.11萬、4,768.41萬和5,533.93萬美元，相應的凈利潤分別為-118.27萬、133.23萬和477.89萬美元。