China Literature Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

China Literature's CEO is Xiaonan Hou, appointed in Apr 2020, has a tenure of 4.58 years. total yearly compensation is CN¥14.95M, comprised of 14.9% salary and 85.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.002% of the company’s shares, worth €64.73K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.9 years and 5 years respectively.

Key information

Xiaonan Hou

Chief executive officer

CN¥15.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	14.9%
CEO tenure	4.6yrs
CEO ownership	0.002%
Management average tenure	3.9yrs
Board average tenure	5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Xiaonan Hou's remuneration changed compared to China Literature's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	CN¥933m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	CN¥869m
Dec 31 2023	CN¥15m	CN¥2m	CN¥805m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	CN¥781m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	CN¥756m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	CN¥682m
Dec 31 2022	CN¥11m	n/a	CN¥608m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	CN¥800m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	CN¥992m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	CN¥1b
Dec 31 2021	CN¥20m	n/a	CN¥2b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	CN¥871m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-CN¥105m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-CN¥2b
Dec 31 2020	CN¥1m	n/a	-CN¥4b

Compensation vs Market: Xiaonan's total compensation ($USD2.07M) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.92M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Xiaonan's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Xiaonan Hou (44 yo)

4.6yrs

Tenure

CN¥14,950,000

Compensation

Mr. Xiaonan Hou serves as the President & Executive Director of China Literature Limited since April 27, 2020 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since May 10, 2023. Mr. Hou Xiaonan joined Tencent in...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Xiaonan Hou	CEO, President & Executive Director	4.6yrs	CN¥14.95m	0.0021% € 64.7k
Yan Huang	Senior VP & Executive Director	1.4yrs	CN¥12.27m	0.029% € 908.8k
William Sun	Vice President of Finance	no data	no data	no data
Jincheng Zhao	General Manager of Investment	9.7yrs	no data	no data
Maggie Zhou	Head of Capital Markets & Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Rong Zhang	Senior Vice President	no data	no data	no data
Lan Xu	Joint Company Secretary	3.9yrs	no data	no data
Wai Keung Au	Joint Company Secretary	1.5yrs	no data	no data

3.9yrs

Average Tenure

45yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: C2X's management team is considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Xiaonan Hou	CEO, President & Executive Director	4.6yrs	CN¥14.95m	0.0021% € 64.7k
Yan Huang	Senior VP & Executive Director	1.4yrs	CN¥12.27m	0.029% € 908.8k
Chor Woon Yu	Independent Non-Executive Director	7.1yrs	CN¥1.08m	no data
Junmin Liu	Independent Non-Executive Director	7.1yrs	CN¥1.08m	no data
Sau Ting Leung	Independent Non-Executive Director	7.1yrs	CN¥1.22m	no data
Huayi Cao	Non-Executive Director	5.5yrs	CN¥56.67m	3.44% € 108.6m
Hai Tao Pu	Non-Executive Chairman	less than a year	no data	no data
Qinghua Xie	Non-Executive Director	1.5yrs	no data	no data

5.0yrs

Average Tenure

54.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: C2X's board of directors are considered experienced (5 years average tenure).

China Literature Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

CEO, President & Executive Director recently sold €363k worth of stock

China Literature Limited Announces Board and Committee Changes

China Literature Limited Announces Board Changes

China Literature Limited Announces Executive Changes

China Literature Limited Appoints Mr. Xie Qinghua as A Non-Executive Director

China Literature Limited Announces Management Changes

Recent updates

CEO, President & Executive Director recently sold €363k worth of stock

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 19%

China Literature Limited Announces Board and Committee Changes

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 21%

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: CN¥0.50 (vs CN¥0.37 in 1H 2023)

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: CN¥0.50 (vs CN¥0.37 in 1H 2023)

Now 53% undervalued after recent price drop

China Literature Limited to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Aug 12, 2024

Now 20% undervalued

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: CN¥0.80 (vs CN¥0.60 in FY 2022)

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: CN¥0.80 (vs CN¥0.60 in FY 2022)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 17%

China Literature Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Mar 18, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: CN¥0.37 (vs CN¥0.23 in 1H 2022)

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

China Literature Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Aug 10, 2023

China Literature Limited Announces Board Changes

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 20%

China Literature Limited Announces Executive Changes

China Literature Limited Appoints Mr. Xie Qinghua as A Non-Executive Director

China Literature Limited Announces Management Changes

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: CN¥0.60 (vs CN¥1.83 in FY 2021)

China Literature Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Mar 16, 2023

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Less than half of directors are independent

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: CN¥0.23 (vs CN¥1.08 in 1H 2021)

China Literature Limited to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 15, 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Less than half of directors are independent

Non-Executive Director recently bought €2.7m worth of stock

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS CN¥1.08 (vs CN¥3.30 loss in 1H 2020)

Non-Executive Director recently sold €592k worth of stock

Non-Executive Director recently sold €396k worth of stock

Vice Chairman Wenhui Wu has left the company

Full year 2020 earnings released: CN¥4.48 loss per share (vs CN¥1.10 profit in FY 2019)

Non-Executive Director recently sold €205k worth of stock

Full year 2020 earnings released: CN¥4.48 loss per share (vs CN¥1.10 profit in FY 2019)

New 90-day high: €7.50

Non-Executive Director recently sold €170k worth of stock

China Literature Limited (SEHK:772), Baidu, Inc. (NasdaqGS:BIDU) and Shenzhen Investment Limited (SEHK:604) signed an agreement to acquire 15% stake in COL Digital Publishing Group Co., Ltd. (SZSE:300364) from its shareholders for approximately CNY 600 million

China Literature Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Mar 23, 2021

New 90-day low: €5.70

China Literature Limited Announces Retirement of Zhao Jincheng as Joint Company Secretary

New 90-day high: €7.45

CEO & Executive Director recently bought €2.3m worth of stock

First half earnings released

Earnings released

China Literature Limited to Report First Half, 2020 Results on Aug 11, 2020

CEO Compensation Analysis

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