AG: State Officials Were Not Notified of Sale of Nongfu Spring Property Until After the Sale

N.H. leaders seek new guardrails on help for foreign investors after outcry over Chinese bottled beverage business - The Boston Globe

Questions were raised after Nongfu Spring made a $67 million purchase in Nashua. Some worried about the property’s proximity to US military facilities and defense contractors.

AG: State officials were not notified of sale of Nongfu Spring property until after the sale

On Monday, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office revealed the results of a review into the sale of a Nashua warehouse to Nongfu Spring, China's leading bottled water producer.

AG Report: Nashua's Nongfu Spring Deal Broke No Laws, Raised Red Flags

New Hampshire - AG Report: Nashua's Nongfu Spring Deal Broke No Laws, Raised Red Flags - NH Journal

Attorney General review of Chinese land purchase in Nashua finds no wrongdoing

A state employee who helped facilitate the purchase of a warehouse in Nashua by China-based Nongfu Spring did not violate any laws or policies, but kept key information about the deal from his bosses.

AG: State official waited months before telling superiors about Chinese purchase in Nashua

A state business development manager knew for seven months before telling his superiors that a Chinese beverage company sought to buy Nashua property to locate a large bottling plant, Attorney General John Formella said in a report on the transaction.

AG reports no improprieties in sale of Nashua building to Chinese water business - NH Business Review

New Hampshire’s attorney general says no improprieties by state officials preceded the sale of a large Nashua commercial building to China’s largest water bottler. But Attorney General John Formella’s report to Gov. Kelly Ayotte dated Oct. 3 says the provisions of federal law should have taken place prior to the sale of the 337,391-square-foot building at 80 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring. A product shot of Nongfu Spr…