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The stallion is encouraged to ejaculate into the AV by the presence of a mare in estrus or a dummy (padded barrel-like stand on which the stallion can mount, seen here).
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There are many reasons why you might decide to breed your mare by artificial insemination (AI). The most common is to allow you to use a stallion that is a distance away--even abroad--and so increase the scope of stallions available and reduce the risks and expense of travel for your mare. However, AI might also be chosen for reasons such as: To minimize disease transfer by using antibiotic extenders; to increase the chance of conception in mares susceptible to uterine endometritis; to reduce the risk of physical injury to humans and stock, especially if the mare or stallion is particularly nervous; or to breed difficult mares and stallions, i.e., those with physical abnormalities caused by accidents, infection, poor perineal conformation, psychological problems, etc. (Care must always be taken, however, to ensure that such problems are not heritable.) From the stallion owner's point of view, AI might increase the number of mares covered per stallion per season, and hence increase financial return.
Before embarking on AI for the first time, it is important that you contact the relevant breed society in time to ascertain their regulations regarding the use of AI and obtain the necessary paperwork. Armed with this information, you can choose your stallion and discuss your requirements with your veterinarian.
As a mare owner, you are likely to only witness the insemination of your mare. However, it is good to have an understanding of what happens behind the scenes--how semen is collected, evaluated, and stored--so you can make educated decisions when arranging semen delivery and appreciate why things do not always go according to plan.
AI is based upon the principle of collecting semen from a stallion, adding a specifically formulated extender that allows for varying lengths of storage and/or transport, then inseminating the semen into a mare.
Semen Collection
The most common method of semen collection is via an artificial vagina (AV). The AV mimics the mare's natural vagina by providing a warm, sterile lumen (cavity) surrounded by a water jacket, under some pressure, plus a collecting vessel. Warm water is introduced into the water jacket to ensure a lumen temperature of 111-118°F (44-48ºC). The lumen pressure can be adjusted by increasing the volume of water or by pumping in air. The collecting vessel should also be warm, 100-111°F (38-44°C), as cold shock to sperm at any time is fatal.
The stallion is encouraged to ejaculate into the AV by the presence of a mare in estrus or a dummy (padded barrel-like stand on which the stallion can mount). If a mare is used, covering occurs normally except the stallion's penis is diverted into the AV rather than entering the mare's vagina. A dummy provides a safer alternative for well-trained stallions.
Once the semen has been collected, it must be kept at body temperature (100°F; 38ºC) until it has been evaluated. It is then used immediately or extended prior to longer-term storage.
Semen Extension and Storage
Immediately after collection and before storage, the semen must be evaluated to determine its quality. Assessment should include volume, sperm concentration, and progressive motility as indicators of the number of live sperm present and the insemination doses that can be obtained. Morphology (a study of the configuration or structure of sperm), live:dead sperm ratio, cytology (the study of cells), pH (acidity), longevity, and bacteriology also can be assessed, especially if a problem is suspected. The semen sample arriving for your mare should have been assessed at collection and an evaluation report included, giving a quality guarantee.
There are three types of semen that might be available for your mare: Fresh, chilled/cooled, or frozen.
Fresh (raw) semen is inseminated exactly as it was collected from the stallion, with no extender added. It must be kept at body temperature and used immediately; therefore, invariably the stallion and mare will be at the same farm.
Chilled semen is extended and stored at 39-41°F (4-5ºC). It remains viable under these conditions for up to 48 hours, allowing transport over reasonable distances. A variety of extenders are used; most are based on non-fat dried skimmed milk solids, skimmed milk, or occasionally egg yolk. Chilled semen can be transported via a postal or carrier service in specially designed insulated containers, such as the Equitainer. If you use chilled semen, it is likely to arrive in such a container and should be left in the container in a cool, safe place until its use, which should be as soon as possible.
Frozen semen is treated similarly to chilled semen, although the extenders also contain a cryoprotectant (ingredients that protect against "freezer burn") such as glycerol, an anti-freeze that protects sperm from rapid freezing. Frozen semen contains less extender, so it is smaller in volume and more concentrated, allowing it to be stored in 0.5-5.0-mL straws, reducing the storage capacity required. Freezing in liquid nitrogen allows indefinite storage and transport around the world. If you are importing semen for your mare, it is very likely to be frozen and should arrive in a liquid nitrogen flask.
Semen Insemination
In order to synchronize the arrival of the semen sample, ovulation in your mare, and the availability of your veterinarian or inseminator, the mare's estrous cycle will be manipulated. Your vet will advise you on the best method, but normally a period of progesterone treatment, followed by prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) and maybe human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), or perhaps just PGF2 alpha alone, will be used. This will allow ovulation time to be targeted to within five days.
During this period, your vet will scan your mare regularly to determine the exact timing of ovulation. For chilled semen, this will allow you enough warning to call the chosen stud farm, order the semen, and allow time for delivery. The semen will normally arrive within 24 hours of collection, and if kept cool, will allow another 24-36 hours during which (hopefully) the mare will ovulate and be inseminated within the life span of the semen.
For frozen semen there is no problem with limited life span. However, frozen semen has a short post-thaw lifespan (six to 12 hours), so inseminating as close to ovulation as possible is vital. Hence, such mares are often scanned every six to 12 hours when ovulation is imminent.
When the semen arrives, it is very important to make sure that it is accompanied by the correct paperwork, such as health certification, import license, evaluation report, and confirmation of stallion identity. You must make sure that you have the correct paperwork from your breed registry to verify that AI is being used to cover your mare.
Before or at the time of insemination, a small sample of the semen should be evaluated by your veterinarian. Motility is the parameter usually assessed, giving an indication of sperm viability. This can easily be done under a standard light microscope. A poor sample might not be worth inseminating, or at least you will not be too surprised when conception fails. If you receive a poor sample, inform the stallion's farm so they can review their handling procedures. You might get a refund or free semen.
Insemination Process
Insemination is relatively simple, and regardless of whether the semen is frozen, chilled, or fresh, the technique is the same. Your mare should be restrained in stocks while her perineal area is washed and her tail is bandaged (see photo above). The inseminator will insert an insemination pipette or gun (with the aid of their lubricated hand and forearm) into the vagina, through the cervix, and into the uterus using a forefinger. The semen is deposited into the uterus (see photo on page 39). As an alternative, the inseminator might guide the insemination pipette through the cervix by feeling through the rectum wall, via rectal palpation. This method is reported by some to reduce infection risk as only the fine insemination pipette breaches the outer defenses of the mare's reproductive tract.
For fresh and chilled semen, the volume inseminated might be up to 100 mL and will contain 500 million progressively motile sperm per insemination dose. Prior to insemination, the sample is drawn up into a syringe that is attached to the end of the inseminating pipette. Once the pipette is in place within the uterus, the syringe plunger is slowly depressed and the sample expelled.
For frozen semen, the sample is held in straws (0.5-5.0 mL). Larger volume straws are thawed in a water bath and the semen drawn up into a syringe and inseminated as described previously. For smaller volume straws (0.5-1.0 mL), specially designed insemination guns allow the straw to be held within the gun and the semen directly expelled when the plunger is depressed.
Whatever the volume used for frozen semen, normally 800 million sperm are inseminated.
AI is a relatively easy, safe, and convenient method of covering mares with stallions from all over the world. As with all techniques, it takes skill to make sure all the proper steps are taken to provide the best chance for pregnancy.
About the Author
Mina C.G. Davies Morel, BSc, PhD
Mina Davies Morel, PhD, is head of the equine group at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. She has particular interest in equine reproductive physiology and its application to stud management, and she is the author of a number of scientific papers and text books on the subject. She is a leisure rider and owner of Welsh Cob Section Ds.
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Instead of the traditional agency's team led by an art director plus copywriter, or the digital model of designer plus developer, TEN's teams will be led by one "brand builder" and one "innovator." At the top, that means Merkin as brand builder, with the title of chief brand officer; and Lent as innovator, with the title of chief innovation officer.
Below them, the usual disciplines such as creative director or experience designer will be maintained, but someone from any discipline may be slotted under one or the other rubric, according to the partners.
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"We believe that branding and innovation is the root of all creative ideas," Lent said. The innovators, he said, use digital to drive deeper engagement, while the brand builders bring their understanding, from the brand's perspective, of where that intersects. He noted, "There has been a race to the middle for digital and traditional agencies. [TEN] is that middle point."
TEN will help clients build relationships with consumers by engaging in dialog and providing them with valuable things, a concept to which they've given the moniker "Do Brand."
"A brand is the feeling you get when you interact with a company at every touch point," Merkin said. "A digital agency is in the perfect position to deliver work that encompasses that, because they get that a brand needs to do more than define a voice. It needs to re-contextualize itself for a consumer-controlled world."
Ari Merkin (left)
Examples of brand campaigns that "do" include Bacardi Mix Master, an app created by AgencyNet that provided rum cocktail recipes and recommendations; and OfficeMax's "Elf Yourself," created by Toy, that let people upload photos and create digital avatars they could email to friends.
Before CP+B, Merkin was chief creative officer and co-founder of Toy, and executive creative director at Fallon. His iconic campaigns include "Ikea Lamp," "Elf Yourself" and Truth's "Body Bags."
Lent has worked with clients including Bacardi, Universal Music Group, Nickelodeon, and The Bill Clinton Foundation.
All 37 AgencyNet employees will remain within TEN; the digital agency has essentially rebranded and added Merkin.
TEN's client roster includes Bacardi Global Brands, U.S. Air Force, Pencils of Promise, Citizen Watches, and Universal Music Group. The agency is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, with another office in New York City.
Lent said: "We're vertical- and demographics-agnostic, focusing more on consumers who use technology and want to connect with brand at a deeper level, and brands that want to provide that value to the consumer."
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Over the last decades, truth-conditional semantics has proven successful in offering detailed analyses for how the meanings of composite expressions can be derived from the meanings of their parts. Still, when it comes to the meanings of lexical items it is generally agreed that one has to take recourse to mental concepts and conceptual structures opening up the possibility of grounding meaning in human cognition. This raises the question of whether conceptual structures, which are clearly internal, can be reconciled with the referential / truth-conditional approach – how might conceptual structures be made to dovetail with truth-conditional semantics?
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The semantics and pragmatics of questions has attracted the attention of philosophers for several reasons. On the one hand there is a lively debate about the distinction between knowledge-how and knowledge-that, in which the semantics of wh-complements plays a crucial role and which has made philosophers think more about attitudes whose contents are characterized by indirect questions in general. On the other hand, the theory of implicit 'questions under discussion' that shape our discourse has been found relevant for several issues in the philosophy of language and metaphysics. The session inquires recent linguistic thought about these issues and its application in philosophy.
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This feels more like a tracking bug but we can at least start the client-side work here.
We will need the new B2G update channel IDs to update the various mozconfigs
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If this work is not finished by Nov19, this bug will need an exception and will be called out at the upcoming Exec Review.
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Air traffic controllers apparently did not realise the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was missing until 17 minutes after it disappeared from civilian radar, according to the preliminary report on the plane's disappearance released by Malaysia's government today.
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The plane disappeared off Malaysian radar at 1.21 am, but Vietnamese air traffic controllers only queried about it at 1.38 am, according to the report, which was sent last month to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Malaysian authorities did not launch an official search and rescue operation until four hours later, at 5.30 am, after efforts to locate the plane failed, The Associated Press reported.
A separate report detailing the actions taken by air traffic controllers showed Vietnamese controllers contacted Kuala Lumpur after they failed to establish verbal contact with the pilots and the plane didn't show up on their radar.
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Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia's military radar tracked the jet making a turn-back in a westerly direction across Peninsular Malaysia after playing back radar data the next morning, nearly seven hours after the plane vanished from civilian radar.
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With snow cover stubbornly lingering and whitewater kayaking season still more than a month away, what's an impatient paddler to do? Easy: Snow-kayaking.
As the roar of rapids intensified, a maelstrom-like current sucked our raft toward the canyon's towering wall, and my fingers tightened on the paddle's T-grip.
"All forward!" the raft's skipper cried, and we six crew frantically flailed at the churning white water.
No good. The aft end swung crazily toward the sheer stone face, beyond which the river thundered down a steep drop and formed an angry standing wave. I braced for a collision of rubber and rock, after which the raft inevitably would flip and spill everyone overboard. But the skipper tried one last, desperate maneuver.
"Back left!" he shouted, and those of us on the port side thrust our paddles forward while those at starboard pulled for all they were worth. Meanwhile, at the stern, the captain hiked out horizontally with a powerful, sweeping stroke, his helmet barely grazing the wall.
"Keep going!" he cried, and we dug our paddles into the waves like demons. "Now stop!"
The raft tilted crazily, spun sideways and plunged into the hole – but then, to shrieks and cheers, miraculously shot past the vertical wall, straightened out and drifted into a calm eddy.
"Well done!" I called to the skipper, and forgive my pride – it was my son, Tom, at the helm.
Tom and his buddy, Andrew Piccirillo of Old Lyme, have been spending the summer at an adventurer's dream job: rafting guides on Utah's fabled Green River near Dinosaur National Monument. Before being hired by Adrift Adventures in Jensen, Tom and Andrew were required to take a demanding two-week course on Colorado's Arkansas River during the icy spring that covered everything from paddling techniques to first aid and rescue, and then went on to earn their captain's licenses.
Last week my wife, Lisa, and I joined up with our friends Betsy and Bob Graham for a one-day rafting trip that represented one more phase in the father-son role-reversal.
I had introduced Tom to whitewater kayaking more than a decade ago – along with marathon running, mountaineering and a host of other outdoor activities, and now, as Wordsworth observed, "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began. The Child is father of the Man."
We showed up at 8 a.m. on a bright, sunny morning that like so many days in the high desert of early August promised to turn into a scorching afternoon.
Tom and fellow guide Emmet Murray had already lashed two rafts onto a flatbed trailer and were loading supplies. After a 20-minute tutorial – the principal rule: obey the captain's orders – we were fitted with life preservers and helmets, and piled into a van for a 45-minute bumpy ride over washboard gravel to the launch site at Rainbow Park. Emmet would be piloting one raft occupied by a family of four from Utah, while Tom would be the skipper of the other raft occupied by Betsy, Bob, Lisa and me, as well as Adrift guide Alana Zhang and office manager Sarah Jane Eaton.
Before hitting the water the van made a short detour to McKee Springs, where we hiked up a winding, dirt path to observe petroglyphs carved into the canyon wall more than a thousand years ago by a pre-Columbian archaeological culture known as the Fremont People.
Half an hour later we climbed back in the van and bounced along to the launch, where a short section of the Green River flowed in a deceptively lazy manner. At this time of the year, long after most of the mountain snow has melted, it cascades at about 1,600 cubic feet per second – a worthy rate that can produce Class III to Class IV rapids (on a scale of I to VI). In late spring the Green can roar along at more than 30,000 CFS and explode into a huge, boiling mess of terrifying hydraulics and "keepers."
Our close encounter with the canyon wall occurred at a section known as the T.S.L. rapids, which by some translations stands for Taco Salad Lunch.
In an 8-mile-or-so journey of about four hours, including a lunch break and swim, we also successfully navigated the Moonshine, S.O.B., Houseboat, Inglesby and Last Chance rapids, just as famed explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War veteran, first did in a wooden boat in 1869. That three-month geographic expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers included the first recorded passage through the Grand Canyon.
As the sun heated up on our trip turkey vultures wheeled in a cerulean sky. The spectacular gorge, inaccessible by land and not far from where Butch Cassidy once roamed, is also home to golden eagles, bighorn sheep and mule deer.
"All forward!" Tom ordered, interrupting my reverie, and our raft plowed through riffles the rafters call "boogie water." Some other rafting lingo:
Spin to win: Revolve the boat to free it from a rock.
Dump truck: Inadvertently tilting the raft, thereby tossing occupants overboard.
Wrapping: Pinning the raft on a rock so that rushing water folds it in half.
High-siding: Having one edge teeter skyward, requiring paddlers on the other side to readjust their weight toward the upward direction.
Strainers: Tree branches that extend over the river and threaten to trap unwary paddlers.
Corkscrew: Twist the raft violently in a river hydraulic.
Hey-diddle-diddle: Choosing a channel that goes right down the middle.
Romancing the river: Floating with legs akimbo instead of together, not recommended for those who fall overboard.
Happily, none of us experienced a dump truck or strainer, and our excursion presented just the right balance of thrills and relaxation, not to mention wondrous scenery.
By the time we pulled out at Split Mountain Bob and I were already planning a four-day trip that includes camping along the Yampa and Green rivers.
"Next year," we agreed.
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1950 Mercury Coupe
Ventura, CA
We purchased this vehicle in 1970 in Pomona. CA. Built in Los Angeles. Rust free. Completely restored in 2011. Original falhead V8, 3 speed overdrive.... More
1950 Mercury Convertible
Ventura, CA
This is in L.A. built car, purchased in 1970 rust free. Original flathead V8 with 3 speed overdrive. Restored in 1985. Always garaged. Call... More
1968 Mercury Cougar XR7
Saint Augustine, FL
1968 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Survivor! Only 52K original miles. Original condition, Carnival red w/Oxford White vinyl top, red vinyl interior, 390 V-8, C-6 Automatic,... More
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Sandy, UT
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Lacey, WA
1968 Mercury Cougar1968 Mercury Cougar Standard was restored professionally several years ago. About 5k miles put on since restoration was completed. Restoration included body... More
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1950 Mercury 79M Station Wagon Woodie with Overdrive
Norwalk, OH
1950 Mercury 8 Passenger Station Wagon Woodie with Overdrive. Style M79. Outstanding. Very rare only 1,746 Mercury Woodys were produced in 1950. This Mercury is an exceptional example... More
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1951 Mercury 2-Dr HardTop Coupe-Flat Head V8
Columbus, OH
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Santa Monica, CA
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Mooresville, NC
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Monterey, CA
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Stratford, NJ
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(first posted 5/11/2011) The 1959s were the last models of the most famous and infamous cars of Chrysler's history. In the mid-'50s Chrysler was on a roll after having fallen to third place among the Big Three from their traditional No. 2 spot (and never again would overtake Ford). But after replacing the ultra-conservative K. T. Keller with Tex Colbert and a getting new styling direction under Virgil Exner (who was largely responsible for the 1947 Studebaker), Chrysler hit the showrooms with their Forward Look" 1955 models. Chrysler's 1955-56 models were their most competitive in years, but as they say, "You ain't seen nothin' yet."
Chrysler had new cars in the pipeline, cars that were going to leapfrog everyone else's in the industry. They'd have new engines (including the legendary 392 Hemi), new transmissions (the equally legendary Torqueflite), new suspensions (front torsion bars) and new bodies. These cars would be new from road to roof–and oh yes, Chrysler would accomplish all this in two years instead of the usual three.
To introduce their 1957 lineup, Plymouth declared that "Suddenly it's 1960!" In the fall of 1956, these very cars had instigated sheer panic at General Motors, which responded with a crash program to scrap their planned 1958 cars–after only one year–in favor of wholly-new '59s. The Mopars out-handled, out-braked, out-accelerated and generally outclassed everything else on the road…except in one very important way.
The '57 were Chrysler's first (but not last) unmitigated quality disasters. Parts didn't fit well. Parts fell off. There were dust and water leaks, plus rust on-demand. After a stellar 1957, sales for 1958 dove off a cliff.
Enter the '59 Plymouth you see here. By now, Chrysler had largely (but not completely) eliminated the worst quality issues: The '59s were marginally tighter and the best-put together of the series. No one could know at the time that they would be the last really competitive Plymouths until the 1965 C-bodies.
The Plymouth Fury had been a minor sensation since its 1956 debut. In 1959, Plymouth's new flagship was the Sport Fury, as the "regular" Fury (seen here) moved down a notch along with the Belvedere and the Savoy and the Plaza was eliminated. For traditionalists, this would mark the last year for the old flathead six. Other engine choices for 1959 included the wide-block 318 and the 361 (called the Golden Commando 395, for its torque output.) Buyers could choose from a three-speed manual transmission, the two-speed Powerflite automatic and the three-speed Torqueflite automatic. But the reputation of the '57s had stuck to them, and '59 was again not a very good sales year.
In the fall of 1979, when I was in college, one of my Sunday activities was cruising through car lots when the dealerships were closed. And there it was: A white, '59 Fury four-door sedan, green interior, with those clear plastic seat covers so popular with old people in the '50s, and 60,000 on the odo. I went back the next week and drove the car. When I read the glove box sticker and found that this car had been delivered to its original owner on the very day I was born, well, I just had to have it.
How bad did I want it? Bad enough to straight-trade a six-cylinder, three-speed '68 Mustang. Yes, it was one of the dumbest car trades ever, financially speaking. My mother was furious when I brought it home. She always called it Moby Dick. But I loved that Fury at least as much as any car I've ever owned. But after six months the 20-year-old transmission was hinting at a rebuild, and I spotted a '71 Scamp that became my next new love. I was fickle in those days.
I can attest that the '59s still had some flaws. Mine was plagued by water leaks around the windshield, and brake lights that would stick and keep glowing. And oh yes, a leak at the gas tank filler pipe. And the very beginning of some body rust (something it had managed to hold off for a long time). Still, it drove like cars that were 10 years newer. It felt much more modern than my friend's '62 Chevy. It cornered flat, braked pretty well (for drums), and the 318 certainly was adequate. The car was content to drive at 70 mph all day long. Although it was a higher-maintenance car than its '71 Scamp replacement, I wish I had kept it longer.
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BlackRock Sues Hidili for Bond Conversion Request MistakeBei Hu
BlackRock Inc., the world's largest money manager, sued Hidili Industry International Development Ltd. after a mistaken request to convert bonds of the Chinese coal mining company into shares.
Requests to convert 104.6 million yuan ($16.8 million) of convertible bonds due in 2015 were mistakenly issued by or on behalf of two BlackRock funds in December, according to a lawsuit filed in the Hong Kong High Court on Jan. 28.
Hidili knew or ought to have known that the request was issued by mistake and therefore should be void, BlackRock Japan Co. and BlackRock (Singapore), the investment managers of the funds said in the lawsuit. The funds were entitled to have all or some of the bonds redeemed on Jan. 19, according to the lawsuit, and the conversion of the bonds should be set aside.
Hidili's Hong Kong-traded shares have fallen 13 percent since Jan. 21, just before it warned investors of a substantial decrease in after-tax profit last year from 2011 because of low sales and selling prices in the second half as well as a production halt at a coking plant.
The writ didn't elaborate on how the mistake had been made. Rowena Kwok, a Hong Kong-based spokeswoman for BlackRock, declined to comment on any legal proceedings.
Hidili announced on Jan. 29 that two plaintiffs had sued it in Hong Kong seeking to void an erroneous conversion of 104.6 million yuan of bonds into shares, instead of intended requests for redemption.
The producer of coking coal said it was trying to verify that it had been served with the writ and to seek legal advice for it. The statement didn't identify the plaintiffs.
The notes were part of a 1.7 billion yuan tranche of convertible bonds sold by Hidili in January 2010.
Bondholders owning nearly 1.6 billion yuan of the convertible securities submitted redemption requests and it paid out 1.7 billion yuan to buy back their bonds on Jan. 21, Hidili announced that day.
The case is BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd. and BlackRock (Singapore) Ltd. v. Hidili Industry International Development Ltd., HCA159/2013 in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance.


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