[7]Wong Affirmation 1, paragraphs 25 28. That said, hes a well-known China hawk. The next (last) three paragraphs are short and like what precedes them, make no reference to an importance of resolving the 1 October Interest for the future of the business relationship: While Wong did not write to Forbes after the breakfast meeting to confirm the arrangement, neither did Forbes write to Wong to confirm that payment was to be forthcoming. Prices: Lunch sets cost between $5 to $10. The actions and inactions of Wong and Integrated Media, and their explanations, may well be found by a court hearing the witnesses, including cross-examinations, to be credible and more likely true than the evidence on behalf of Highlander. In 1946 the company was renamed Charoen Pokphand, which means "prosperity for consumers" in Thai. Its wide reach on print as well as digital platforms is key to its success. Other company groups include Forbes Conference Group, Forbes Investment Advisory Group and Forbes Custom Media. The provision in the Notes apparently being referred to in the Demand was the following: No delay or omission of [Highlander] in exercising any right or rights shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other rights. Also he does not deal with a point that Highlander points out in its submissions on a different provision of the Purchase Agreement, that Highlander was not a party to the Purchase Agreement it only is an assignee of the Notes. Likewise, the fact that Forbes did not write to Wong after the breakfast does not mean his version of the breakfast meeting will not be found to be correct. 2003) which in turn was quoting Lord v Souder, 748 A.2d 393, 399 (Del. Print revenues are declining rapidly. His Lordship, the Hon. It was not paid on that date or within five business days thereafter. As of spring 2020, the magazines audience was about 5.8 million readers. While these costs, like all costs ordered in this Judgment, need to be reasonable and proportionate, it is made clear that those costs will include the costs of leading counsel (to avoid an assertion that leading counsel was not necessary, reasonable or proportionate for the 11 February 2016 even though Integrated Whale announced first that it was going that route). [30] Both magazines were purchased by the American Heritage Publishing Company and resumed publication as of the spring of 2008.[31]. Be smart: The SPAC deal is structured so that Forbes' current owners, IWM and the Forbes family, will receive a $400 million secondary round of money when the SPAC merger is complete. Wong says that in communications thereafter, Forbes requested a proposal from Wong, which Wong understood to be a desire by Forbes for an early partial redemption of the Notes or the release of the retention money which have been withheld pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. TC Yam, the executive chairman of Integrated Whale Media, said in a statement on Thursday that the SPAC deal was the next exciting chapter in the Forbes narrative.. The distinctions are as follows:[41], Veasey then reviews eight cases cited by Steele, one by one, and distinguishes each of them. 2) Ltd. v. Altomart Ltd. [2014] EWCA 1575 (. The initial correspondence provided to this Court about the Delaware proceedings certainly led this Court to the view that the was some kind of credible argument that Integrated Whale had which went to the heart of whether there was a substantial dispute. The contributor model drives Forbes.com, with content from contributors who are carefully vetted and onboarded, she wrote.). It submits that for a proper resolution, the dispute requires a trial with cross-examination of witnesses, which should take place in proceedings in Delaware (which is the place of the governing law of the Notes, and the Purchase Agreement, and appears may be the beneficiary of exclusive jurisdiction clauses). While it was not inappropriate, as this Court has stated in this Judgment, for Integrated Whale to bring the Delaware proceedings to the attention of this Court (which could have been done in writing, as in fact it was initially), it was inappropriate and a waste of this Courts time for Integrated Whale to take and pursue an aggressive and vigourous position that there was an not only an admission but a determinative admission of a substantial dispute by reason of the Delaware proceedings, insist that the Demand be withdrawn on that basis, and then act so as to escalate the matter and cause an hearing to be held with leading counsel attending, and attending in person. [5] Its chair and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Federle. the opinion expressed is [the Steele Report] is an overbroad generalization based on interpretations and applications of law to distinguishable facts peculiar to the cases that he cites. In fact, Forbes Media was sold six years ago to Integrated Whale Media Investments, which is based in Hong Kong, and which has since become a territory of mainland Communist China. This is supportive of what Steele and Veasey state and seems non-controversial. Highlander submits that the alleged arrangement, even if found to have been made, can have no legal effect because of (a) an entire agreement or integration clause in the Notes, , and (b) a clause in the Notes requiring any modification to be in writing. According to the Forbes family, it will continue to have a significant stake in the business and Steve Forbes will remain as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief. Simple, he said. The situation underscores the chances that merger and acquisition transactions saluted at the time they are signed will sour quickly. Asia Society referred questions about the incident to Forbes. I want to thank you and the investors again, particularly TC, for the confidence you have shown in the Forbes brand and the management team. If an entity has a majority interest in a company, it means that it owns more than 50% of its shares. In 2014, Forbes was acquired by a Hong Kong-based consortium called Integrated Whale Media Investments, led by investment firm Integrated Asset Management and Wayne Hsieh, cofounder of Asustek . While most of the financial details were redacted in the copy of the complaint, a person close to the deal, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said last year that the transaction valued Forbes at $475 million. Founded as a magazine in 1917, it still publishes a print edition eight times a year in the United States. Anyone can read what you share. [22] This was encouraged by minority shareholders Elevation Partners. This Court reviewed the Delaware court materials, which do not yet include a defence but include materials of both sides on a motion by Integrated Whale challenging the bringing on proceedings in Delaware at least in part on the basis of this Application and the Demand. (Roy directed my queries to a Forbes spokesperson. And it has been looking to shed the . BVIHCMAP 2014/0025 Jinpeng Group Limited v Peak Hotels and Resorts Limited (, ), Court of Appeal, 8 December 2015, paragraph 27. Forbes, in Forbes Affidavit 1, strongly disagrees with Wongs evidence, swearing that Wong Affirmation 1 grossly distorts the factual record and that at no time did I ever forgive Integrated Whales default or agree to defer payment of its interest obligations., Forbes points out that prior to this Application, Integrated Whale had never suggested that there was an alleged agreement to defer Integrated Whales payment of interest or otherwise disputed Integrated Whales default under the Notes and its obligation, following the Notices of Default and Acceleration, immediately to pay the entire [amount].. Wong points out in Wong Affirmations 1 and 2, in support of his actions and inactions and those of Integrated Whale, that the relationship with Highlander/Forbes was very new, and the 1 October Interest was interest for less than one calendar quarter and was relatively a very small amount. He mounted unsuccessful campaigns for president as a Republican in 1996 and 2000. Integrated Whale is owned indirectly by a consortium of investors and was formed to acquire that interest in Forbes Media LLC. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. The Court concludes that, subject to what is said below, Highlander should pay Integrated Whale its costs of the Application, which should include what is referred to above as the costs of the substantial injustice issue. Forbes Affidavit 1, paragraphs 19, 20, 23 25 and 33. The Court cited and followed its earlier decision in that regard in C-Mobile Services Limited v Huawei Technologies Co. Limited. which has been considered and assessed, along with the documentary evidence filed, and the submissions of the parties respecting all such evidence. [17], The company formerly published American Legacy magazine as a joint venture, although that magazine separated from Forbes on May 14, 2007. For the present purposes, it can be said that this demonstrates that there is at least a substantial dispute between Integrated Whale and Highlander about the legal consequences of the alleged arrangement. The irony is explained by the fact Steve and the Forbes family no longer own Forbes the media company. Indeed, as referenced earlier, a compelling part of Integrated Whales factual position on this Application is that it is illogical that Integrated Whale would let the Notes be accelerated given the relatively small amount of the 1 October Interest and that it was able to pay it, and that the essential logic of its position is compelling. Further, the evidence of Kenneth J. Nachbar (. Forbes Sues Integrated Whale Media Over Deal, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/business/dealbook/forbes-sues-integrated-whale-media-over-deal.html. The latter part of this submission related more particularly to the Section 157(2)(b) ground of the Application. Unfortunately, during the months that followed potential suitors came forward with only half that amount. When the Internet was born so was mass media, which is mainly supported by advertising. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Hong Kong-based IAM was founded by Tak Cheung Yam. Steve Forbes continued in his role as chairman and editor-in-chief after the sale. ) whereby Integrated Whale agreed to purchase a 95% interest in Forbes Media LLC. Steve Forbes continued in his role as chairman and editor-in-chief after the sale. In July, Corr wrote a post about Asia Society trustee Ronnie Chan, alleging Chinese influence at the organization. I thought it was weird that I could literally publish anything, a former Forbes contributor, who asked to remain anonymous, told me. In the Demand, Highlands put it as follows: The main issues underlying the Application, and underlying whether there is a substantial dispute as to whether the alleged debt is owing or due, are the following: whether an arrangement with respect to the 1 October Interest was made between representatives of the parties during the breakfast meeting in Hong Kong on 26 October 2014, as alleged by Integrated Whale and denied by Highlander, and. , in particular the statement of the Chief Justice on the nature of a creditors winding up application, where she wrote: Peak Hotel then goes on to note that arbitration clauses are designed to resolve disputes between contracting parties and that once the dispute was submitted to the court as a basis of a creditors winding up application it became an issue between the [company] and its creditors over the companys ability to pay its debts as they fall due and accordingly a stay should not be granted under section 18(1) of the Arbitration Act, 2013. The evidence in support of this assertion is in affirmations of Wong Siu Wa (also known as Sammy Wong) (, , the executive director of Integrated Whale (. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. In 1982, the magazine started the well-known series of the Forbes 400, which features the wealthiest 400 Americans each year. Jiaravanon is also involved in C.P. Since 2014, Forbes Media has been primarily owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments, which continues to hold a 95% stake in the company. ), a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware law firm of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, dated 13 April 2015 (the firm being Highlanders local Delaware counsel) which was submitted by Integrated Whale also explains integration clauses, and that such a clause bars oral (parol) evidence to support a claim of prior, additional or different agreement. The Forbes family, after a bitter legal battle with the new Chinese owners of Forbes Media, have apparently finally gotten paid. Competitors in the national business magazine category include Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek. Mexicos richest person, Carlos Slim, has a minority stake in the New York Times. Apart from Forbes and its lifestyle supplement, Forbes Life, other titles include Forbes Asia and 45 local language editions,[28] including: Steve Forbes and his magazine's writers offer investment advice on the weekly Fox TV show Forbes on Fox and on Forbes on Radio. In addition, Highlander asserts that provisions of the Purchase Agreement and Notes preclude, as a matter of law, reliance on the alleged arrangement. Integrated Whale is owned indirectly by a consortium of investors and was formed to acquire that . But that money has not been released, the complaint said. The. Justice Adrian Saunders, His Lordship, the Hon. Forbes' lawsuit against its new owner hinges on whether this secret promise was made. The venerable business publication, owned by Integrated Whale Media and the Forbes family, said in a news release that it had reached an agreement to merge with Magnum Opus Acquisition, a. To the contrary, Highlander maintained throughout that there is no substantial dispute, and indeed that its position on the allegedly accelerated debt is the correct one. While Nachbars evidence does not comply with the expert evidence requirements, nothing turns on what he says. Forbes Media - which includes. Many people who follow China myself included often disagree with Changs dire views of the country. Integrated Whales management rejects the allegations contained in the complaint as completely without merit, the group said in an emailed statement. Section 157 (1) of the Act provides as follows: Integrated Whale contends, first, that there is a substantial dispute within the meaning of Section 157(1) of the Act whether the Demanded Amount is owing or due, and second, that there are other reasons why the Court should, in any event, exercise its discretion to set aside the Demand pursuant to Section 157(2)(b) of the Act, to avoid substantial injustice. The Hong Kong investment group purchased a controlling stake in the company in 2014 for an undisclosed amount. The Forbes family and the Asian owners are going low key with only a two-sentence acknowledgment of the legal feud that was quietly settled last month, it was reported by the Financial Times. Whether those doctrines apply in the circumstances of the contractual provisions is in issue. At no time during the breakfast meeting, or at any other time, did I agree to allow Integrated Whale to defer its overdue interest payment. He brought the magazine's circulation from 100,000 to 720,000. The Purchase Agreement provided in Section 15.6 as follows: any controversy, dispute, complaint, demand or claim arising out of or related to this Agreement, any other Transaction Document [each Note is a Transaction Document based on the definition in the Purchase Agreement] shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 15.6. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Forbes said it had an audience of more than 150 million through its journalism, events and marketing programs. Steve Forbes will stay on as chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media. Forbes (/frbz/) is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Hong Kong-based investor group Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM), which holds 95 percent of Forbes Media, is also in talks with another Chinese media firm and is scouting for more potential . Also Forbes refers to email exchanges between the parties, which are exhibited, and seeks to bring context and explanations to them. In an emailed statement, the spokesperson said: Your premise that the investors are interfering with Forbes editorial independence is simply wrong. 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That is not the role of the Court on an application to set aside a statutory demand. The Court of Appeal disagreed with the holding in Salford Estates that a winding up application based on a debt that is covered by an arbitration agreement should be stayed unless there are exceptional circumstances, holding that the creditor should not have to prove exceptional circumstances to avoid a stay of the winding up application. CP Group was founded even earlier in 1921 as Chia Tai, a shop selling seeds in Bangkok's Chinatown, by his grandfather, Ek Chor Chia, and great uncle, both speakers of Chinese dialect Teochew who had just emigrated from Guangdong Province. Second it submitted that Highlander should have its costs of the substantial injustice issue as it was more than an alternative, it materially added to the costs of the Application and occupied a significant percentage of the time, also necessitating a supplemental skeleton and supplemental evidence. That may not be the case. Wayne Hsieh, co-founder of Singapore-based ASUSTek Computer Inc., is another significant IWM investor. The family had complete ownership for 97 years. Even though Elevation was a minority partner, it was a preferred shareholder and entitled to a first payout, sources told Media Ink at the time. The buyer is Hong Kong-based investor group Integrated Whale Media Investments. Listed in paragraph 30 of Integrated Whales Outline of Submissions of the Applicant dated 9 April 2015. According to Forbes, it plans to leverage its global relationships to strategically widen Forbes Medias reach internationally. Highlander was not asserting that it would serve an acceleration notice if the 1 October Interest was not paid. Notes, page 2; Steele Report, paragraph 12. While the Notes have a provision dealing with waiver, the provision deals with two possible modes of waiver only. The email is friendly (it begins Hi Sammy) and constructive in tone, refers to the board meeting and CEO Conference (I hope you and your colleagues were pleased with our first board meeting and with the CEO Conference, which I thought was a knock-out success ). At a trial, Integrated Whale and Wong will have some explaining to do its explanations for certain things will need to be asserted to and accepted by the court hearing the dispute. [25]The latter part of this submission related more particularly to the Section 157(2)(b) ground of the Application. According to a statement from Meredith Corp., he will invest in Fortunes digital capabilities and look to expand it internationally. Group's family businesses. [42], Forbes won the 2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Business Blog/Website. And that its not an opinion columnist, but the companys chief content officer who clearly states he is speaking for Forbes, not just himself. [43]Steele Report, paragraphs 11 and 12. Justice Mario Michel, Her Ladyship, the Hon. "Our vision is to establish Fortuneas the world's leading business media brand, with an always-on reach and global relevance," Jiaravanon said in a statement. The Hong Kong investment group purchased a controlling stake in the company in 2014 for an undisclosed amount. PLEASE HELP. Forbes announced on Thursday that it planned to go public through a deal with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Of course, now that ownership has been decided, sources say that the printed magazine, which now accounts for less than half the companys revenue, will see its frequency cut from 18 times a year to 14. Nachbars evidence was that the jurisdiction clause in the Notes does not prevent Highlander bringing action wherever it chooses and goes on to point out that the Integrated Whale expert evidence does not dispute this but asserts instead that the forum selection clause in the Purchase Agreement controls and imposes mutual obligations. Nachbar neither agreed nor disagreed with this. the] [1 October Interest]. Its very unusual for a publication to delete articles of a former contributor, unless there were credible allegations of editorial misconduct, which seems unlikely in this case. In other words, the Notes do not preclude a waiver by the holder that is not in writing and signed by the party to be bound (in this case, Highlander). Integrated Whale submitted that there is a clear and fundamental disagreement of opinion on the estoppel question between two prominent experts on Delaware law. After 97 years of family ownership, Forbes Media has announced it has sold a majority stake in the company to a Hong Kong-based group of international investors. The Lincoln Projects Stuart Stevens announced that it will also track former White House staffers. We were looking for a very particular kind of buyer, he told The New York Times then. While that may be the case, and while this Court may defer to the Delaware courts if it were sought to have the dispute adjudicated in the Territory of the Virgin Islands, as explained in this Judgment, this Court is not being asked to determine the dispute but in a form of class proceedings for creditors is determining if there is a substantial dispute such that the Demand should be set aside or set aside under the discretionary ground in the Act. [26]BVIHCMAP 2014/0025 Jinpeng Group Limited v Peak Hotels and Resorts Limited (Peak Hotels), Court of Appeal, 8 December 2015, paragraph 27 /jinpeng-group-ltd-v-peak-hotels-and-resorts-ltd/, paragraph 29. [45] In 2020, the network announced the release of several documentary series including Forbes Rap Mentors, Driven Against the Odds, Indie Nation and Titans on the Rocks. Schlumberger's Software-Integrated-Solutions division has an office in Tokyo, Japan, 103-0027. [44] The network currently features thousands of videos and according to Forbes is "a Netflix for entrepreneurs". if there was such an arrangement, its legal consequences, if any. Pokphand Group. IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. This Court finds that Integrated Whale has met the requisite factual and legal requirement of showing a substantial dispute as to whether the debt alleged is owing or due (for the avoidance of doubt, that statutory phrase, when used throughout this Judgment, encompasses the concepts articulation that the debt must be disputed on genuine and substantial grounds). 1972). ] [46], Launched as an invite-only platform, Forbes Business Council is open to SMEs and MSMEs across the globe. (1981). The publication, owned by Integrated Whale Media and the Forbes family, reached an agreement to merge with Magnum Opus Acquisition, a publicly traded blank-check firm. Wong Affirmation 1 Affirmation 5 dated 12 February, 2 April and 20 November, 2015 and 19 January and 5 February 2016, respectively. It must decide on the evidence that is available to it if it is satisfied that there is a substantial dispute. While there were several emails prior to the breakfast meeting in which Highlander sought payment of the 1 October Interest, the sending of those emails is not inconsistent with the evidence of Wong that the subject of the 1 October Interest was arranged later to be discussed between Wong and Forbes at the Hong Kong breakfast meeting on 26 October 2014. Sumet is Dhanins eldest brother and is Thailands third richest tycoon and executive chairman of CP Group. Integrated Whale, controlled by Hong Kong financiers Yam Tak-Cheung (aka TC Yam) and Wong Siu Wah (Sammy Wong), along with Singapore businessman Wayne Hsieh, took over Forbes Media in 2014.. Finally, it submitted that the Delaware proceedings aspect, which it terms an issue, was not merely informing the Court of the Delaware proceedings (which the Court found in this Judgment was not inappropriate) but was characterized aggressively and vigourously as a determinative factor on the substantial dispute issue and led to three Wong affirmations, a Forbes affidavit, and a hearing with leading counsel attending in person. Integrated Whale, controlled by Hong Kong financiers Yam Tak-Cheung (aka TC Yam) and Wong Siu Wah (Sammy Wong), along with Singapore businessman Wayne Hsieh, took over Forbes Media in 2014. 3, summary and paragraphs 21 28. Subsequent to the breakfast meeting, Integrated Whale and the Forbes Family companies were to have a week of meetings and events in Hong Kong and Singapore, the first of their kind since the purchase. After Bloomberg published an excellent series on the family wealth of Chinese leaders in 2012, for example, Beijing retaliated by constraining the companys ability to sell its lucrative terminals in China. Accordingly, there will be an order setting aside the Demand. Had proceedings in Delaware been commenced earlier and were more advanced, it is possible that there would have been a prior determination there (perhaps on a summary judgment motion) of the strength on the defences of Integrated Whale, particularly on legal issues under Delaware law, and which this Court would have wanted to consider in dealing with the Application to set aside the Demand. Lane uses the word lie, lies, liar or lied nine times in his piece three times in the first paragraph alone. Would Substantial Injustice Be Caused If Demand Not Set Aside? The Forbes family holds the remaining 5 percent, the person said. [42], I also am advised by counsel (privileged in which I do not waive) that the doctrines of estoppel and waiver identified by [Wong] are not available under Delaware law in light of the no oral modification and no waiver provisions contained in each of the Notes.[45]. [15] In 2006, an investment group Elevation Partners that includes rock star Bono bought a minority interest in the company with a reorganization, through a new company, Forbes Media LLC, in which Forbes Magazine and Forbes.com, along with other media properties, is now a part. Two other brothers of Dhanin and Sumet are also billionaires. He goes on to say that [g]iven that this interest issue was so minor and based on what I genuinely believed to be [Forbes] assent to this arrangement, I did not manage to record this agreement or discussion in writing afterward., I state categorically, says Wong, that if [Integrated Whale] had not understood the position to be that [Highlander] was entirely content to allow both interest payments to be made together, and later, it would have immediately settled to [sic. Now a household name, Forbes was the first major American business magazine founded in 1917 by Bertie Charles Forbes. [19] The company's headquarters moved to the Newport section of downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, in 2014. As a response to Forbess request for the funds, Integrated Whale used its control over the companys board to embark on a retaliatory, multifront campaign of oppression through the abuse of the corporate machinery to penalize and dissuade the Forbes plaintiffs from enforcing their basic contractual rights, the complaint said. No personal info, only professional. They are not inherently implausible. The minimum threshold for a substantial dispute has been set out and discussed in numerous judgments. To constitute of substantial dispute, the debt must be disputed on genuine and substantial grounds, ; the dispute must be real as opposed to frivolous, ; the alleged debtor has to produce some tangible evidence in support, ; [t]here has to be something to suggest that the assertion is sustainable (which could be a witness statement or document, unless the evidence asserted is inherently implausible, contradicted by or not supported by documents or not supported by contemporaneous documents, This Court has carried out a preliminary investigation of the facts, as it is required to do on an application such as this, in order to determine whether the dispute raised by Integrated Whale about the alleged debt is on genuine and substantial grounds (within the meaning of that phrase discussed above). 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