美國食品業(yè)巨頭亨氏日前同意被巴菲特旗下的伯克希爾哈撒韋和私人股本公司3G資本收購,包括承擔的債務(wù)額在內,這項交易價(jià)值280億美元。這一估值標志著(zhù)這將是食品業(yè)歷來(lái)最大規模收購之一,也將是巴菲特歷來(lái)最大手筆收購之一。
The deal,which requires the approval of Heinz shareholders and the okay of regulators,will be financed through a combination of cash,rollover of existing debt and debt financing. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter,the companies said in a statement.
該交易目前有待亨氏股東和監管部門(mén)的批準,融資方式將采取現金、現有債務(wù)展期和債券融資,公司聲明稱(chēng),交易預計將在第三季度完成。(《華爾街日報》)
這筆出人意外的并購案滿(mǎn)足了巴菲特想透過(guò)并購追求成長(cháng)的企圖心。2012年時(shí)巴菲特至少曾有兩項規模超過(guò)200億美元的收購案宣告失利,他曾說(shuō)過(guò)今年可能得完成一筆300億美元的并購案,才能幫助伯克希爾哈撒韋發(fā)展。
The company actually generates the largest portion of its sales in Europe,though its traditional North American consumer products business is the most profitable.But its real growth engine has been the Asia/Pacific region,where sales increased nearly 11 percent in the last fiscal year,in part on demand for sauces and infant foods in China.
事實(shí)上亨氏大多數的營(yíng)收來(lái)自歐洲,盡管其北美的傳統消費產(chǎn)品產(chǎn)生利潤最高。不過(guò)真正推動(dòng)亨氏成長(cháng)的卻是亞太地區,上一會(huì )計年度在該地區的營(yíng)收增加將近11%,部分是受惠于中國市場(chǎng)對醬料及嬰兒食品的需求。(路透社)
亨氏可借由并購更加多元化,并拓展其在國際上的能見(jiàn)度。亨氏已經(jīng)主導了番茄醬業(yè)務(wù),根據Euromonitor International的統計,亨氏在全球市場(chǎng)占有率將近26%,國內市場(chǎng)份額達59%。
One Berkshire investor said he had mixed feelings about the deal because of the limited growth prospects domestically.“We‘re a little hesitant on the staple companies because they don’t have any leverage in the United States,”said Bill Smead,chief investment officer of Smead Capital Management in Seattle.
伯克希爾公司一位投資者表示,他對這宗交易喜憂(yōu)參半,因為這類(lèi)公司在國內的發(fā)展前景有限!拔覍κ召徝绹蠊境直A魬B(tài)度,因為在國內已沒(méi)有增長(cháng)杠桿!蔽餮艌D投資機構smead公司的首席投資官斯邁德說(shuō)道。(路透社)
而另一位投資者——Destination財富管理公司的Michael Yoshikami則看好這宗收購,認為可以為其他交易提供現金流。
Shares of other food companies in the sector also rose amid speculation that the Heinz deal could trigger a wave of mergers.
亨氏的交易案引發(fā)了新一波收購浪潮開(kāi)啟的預期,許多食品類(lèi)公司的股票也因此提振。(《金融時(shí)報》)
The proposed deal is the latest in a series of recent takeovers and trumps the $24bn leveraged buyout offer by Michael Dell,along with Microsoft and Silver Lake Partners,to take private the computer maker he founded three decades ago.
這筆擬議中的交易是近期一系列收購的最新一例,超過(guò)邁克爾·戴爾(Michael Dell)聯(lián)手微軟(Microsoft)和銀湖資本(Silver Lake)發(fā)出的240億美元杠桿收購要約,后者的目的是將戴爾30年前創(chuàng )立的電腦制造商私有化。(《金融時(shí)報》)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen the assets of a Swiss trading account that allegedly made a series of“highly suspicious”trades reaping about $1.7 million ahead of the blockbuster sale of H.J. Heinz Co.
因涉嫌在亨氏公司收購交易宣布前進(jìn)行一系列“高度可疑”交易并獲利170萬(wàn)美元,一個(gè)設在瑞士蘇黎世的交易賬戶(hù)已被美國證券交易委員會(huì )凍結。(《華爾街日報》)
根據美國證交會(huì )的聲明,該交易賬戶(hù)在過(guò)去近六個(gè)月內未進(jìn)行與亨氏相關(guān)的證券交易,但在巴菲特收購亨氏消息公布前一天卻大量購入亨氏認購期權,并從中賺取了170萬(wàn)美元利潤。