北汽擬入股戴姆勒 China's BAIC in talks over Daimler stake

The Chinese group BAIC Motor is in talks with Daimler about taking a stake in the German carmaker, Daimler’s chief executive said on Thursday.

德國車企戴姆勒(Daimler)首席執行官蔡澈(Dieter Zetsche)週四表示，中國的北京汽車股份有限公司(BAIC Motor)正在與戴姆勒談判，打算入股後者。

Dieter Zetsche said in an interview with Reuters that any stake would have to be structured in such a way as to avoid diluting the interests of existing Daimler shareholders.

蔡澈在接受路透社(Reuters)採訪時表示，入股方式須避免稀釋戴姆勒現有股東的權益。

But he added that while the duo were looking at “possible mechanisms” to do this, whether or not “concrete steps” followed the negotiations depended on BAIC.

但他補充稱，儘管雙方正在研究實現這點的“可能機制”，但這場談判是否會得出“具體措施”取決於北汽股份。

Daimler already has close ties with the Chinese car industry. It has a 10 per cent stake in BAIC, the listed arm of Beijing Automotive Group, as well as a joint venture with BAIC to sell Mercedes-Benz cars in the country.

戴姆勒早已與中國汽車業建立了緊密的聯繫。它持有北汽股份10%的股份，並與後者組建了一家合資公司，在中國市場銷售梅賽德斯-奔馳(Mercedes-Benz)汽車。北汽股份是北汽集團(Beijing Automotive Group)的上市子公司。

Mr Zetsche reiterated on Thursday that Daimler had “said from the start” that its stake in BAIC, which it took in 2013, could one day lead to a cross-shareholding.

蔡澈週四重申，戴姆勒“從一開始就表示”，它2013年入股北汽股份可能有朝一日會導致兩家公司交叉持股。

Xu Heyi, BAIC chairman, said at the time that the two companies “will never be able to live apart from each other”, as Daimler opened its first fully fledged engine factory outside Germany.

當戴姆勒開設其在德國之外首家成熟的發動機工廠時，北汽集團董事長徐和誼表示，這兩家公司從此將誰也離不開誰。

Daimler’s largest shareholders are the Kuwait Investment Authority, which has a 6.8 per cent stake, and Renault-Nissan, with which the German company has a cross-shareholding agreement.

戴姆勒的最大股東是持股6.8%的科威特投資局(KIA)、以及雷諾-日產(Renault-Nissan)，戴姆勒與雷諾-日產之間有交叉持股協議。

In the past the German car group has issued new shares to allow big investors — such as Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments — to buy into the company.

過去，戴姆勒曾發行新股、以使一些大型投資者——比如阿布扎比的阿巴爾投資公司(Aabar Investments)——能夠入股該公司。