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To: Julius Wong who wrote (209126)	11/26/2024 8:37:18 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218262

New entry, readying for Trump’s factory visit perhaps

To: Julius Wong who wrote (209126)	11/26/2024 8:46:49 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218262

Huawei also does satellite-able phones without wheels - busy company

To: Julius Wong who wrote (209126)	11/26/2024 9:30:26 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218262

looking like Jimmy done-done by Hong Kong security law & regulations (a/k/a article 23) that are allegedly tamer than those featured in US/UK dunno why Jimmy wasn't more careful w/r to incitement and such possibilities in charges

To: Julius Wong who wrote (209126)	11/27/2024 3:27:26 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218262

re <<will work harder>> ... ... too late for Northvolt, just a guess, unless a joke, who can know, if not a fraud and if true, at least momentarily crippling unless done-done, as money is mostly gone-gone, allegedly theglobeandmail.com Canadian pension funds exposed as battery maker Northvolt struggles to survive notesfrompoland.com Struggling battery maker Northvolt to shut down energy storage manufacturing in Poland ft.com Goldman Sachs takes $900mn hit on Northvolt investment US bank is second-largest shareholder in Swedish battery maker which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week Machinery in the Northvolt facility in Vasteras, Sweden. The company had sought to counter Asian dominance of battery making. © REUTERSFunds managed by Goldman Sachs will write off almost $900mn after Swedish battery maker Northvolt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. Goldman’s private equity funds have at least $896mn in exposure to Northvolt, making the US bank its second-largest shareholder. They will write that down to zero at the end of the year, according to letters to investors seen by the Financial Times. The losses mark a sharp contrast to a bullish prediction just seven months ago by one of the Goldman funds, which told investors that its investment in Northvolt was worth 4.29 times what it had paid for it, and that this would increase to six times by next year. Goldman said in a statement: “While we are one of many investors disappointed by this outcome, this was a minority investment through highly diversified funds. Our portfolios have concentration limits to mitigate risks.” Goldman first invested in Northvolt in 2019 when, along with other investors including German carmaker Volkswagen, it led a $1bn Series B funding round that enabled Northvolt to build its first factory in northern Sweden, and fuel future expansion. The funding round was hailed by Northvolt chief executive Peter Carlsson as “a great milestone for Northvolt” — then a four-year old start-up — and “a key moment for Europe” in its push to counter Asian dominance of battery making. But Europe’s one-time big battery hope filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US on Thursday and Carlsson resigned the following day, warning European politicians, companies and investors not to get cold feet on the green transition. By Thursday the lossmaking Swedish group, which was Europe’s best-funded private start-up after raising $15bn from investors and governments, had just $30mn in cash — enough for a week’s operations — and $5.8bn in debt. That day Goldman, which owns a 19 per cent stake in Northvolt through various funds, wrote to its investors explaining that it would mark down to zero its investments. The bank, which had taken part in several subsequent funding rounds over the past five years, said that over the last several months it had been working with Northvolt’s customers, lenders and shareholders to secure short-term bridge financing to shore up the battery maker’s financial position, restructure its capital stack and raise longer-term financing to support a revised business plan. But “despite our extensive efforts as a minority shareholder to bring Northvolt’s various shareholders together, a comprehensive solution was not found”, it said in the letters to shareholders. Goldman’s private equity business was established in 1986 and sits within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which has over $3tn in assets under supervision, including over $500bn in alternative investments such as private equity. Two buyout funds West Street Capital Partners VII and West Street Capital Partners VIII have $407mn and $346mn invested in Northvolt, respectively. Horizon Environment and Climate Solutions 1, a growth equity strategy touted as Goldman’s first direct private markets strategy dedicated to investing in climate and environmental solutions, has $116mn invested in Northvolt; and a fund called StoneBridge 2020 invested $27mn. Goldman’s so-called 1869 fund, a vehicle that gives its network of former partners access to multiple private funds managed by the fund’s asset management division, also had a small amount of exposure to Northvolt, because the fund has committed 25 per cent of its capital commitments to West Street Capital Partners VIII, investors said. Goldman Sachs’ investment banking business is also a large creditor of Northvolt; the battery company owes it $4.78mn, according to its Chapter 11 filing. Volkswagen is Northvolt’s largest shareholder with a 21 per cent stake and is likely to be nursing similar losses. It is listed as Northvolt’s second-largest creditor in the Chapter 11 filing due to a $355mn convertible note. Some investors have privately complained that Goldman and other funds pushed them hard to back Northvolt. They have also said that this, combined with Northvolt’s bankruptcy, could affect investors’ desire to support the green transition. Northvolt has said it needs $1-1.2bn extra financing to exit Chapter 11 in the first quarter of next year, and is talking to various investors and companies about partnerships. By filing for Chapter 11 it can access finance including $145mn in cash and $100mn from Swedish truckmaker Scania. The Swedish group struggled to expand production in its sole factory in Skellefteå in northern Sweden. Executives conceded it should have scaled back earlier expansion plans to build additional facilities in Germany and Canada which were backed by extensive subsidies from each country’s government.