U.S. investors in Chinese ADR’s could be getting forced to accept low-ball buyout offers. According to a new report by Heng Ren Partners analyst Peter Halesworth, Chinese companies are squeezing out American investors by systematically buying out U.S shares at severely depressed premiums.

In 2015, 38 Chinese companies with shares traded on U.S. exchanges announced buyouts of U.S. investors. Halesworth noted the premiums paid on these buyouts were about 25 percent lower than the average U.S. buyout premium, and more than half of the buyouts came at sub-IPO prices.

Lower buyout prices alone are not the issue, however. Halesworth explained that these companies increased their cash holdings by an average of six-fold while trading on U.S. exchanges.

“Because of jurisdictional issues and a relative lack of shareholder rights in the offshore tax havens where these companies are domiciled, a regulatory gap exists…

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