上海鵬欣擬收購澳大利亞基德曼公司
The board of S Kidman & Co, Australia’s largest landholder, has agreed to sell the company to a Chinese-led consortium for A$370m just Months after the government blocked its sale to foreign investors on national interest grounds.
基德曼公司(S Kidman & Co)董事會已同意將公司以3.7億澳元出售給一箇中國企業牽頭的財團，該公司是澳大利亞最大的土地所有者。就在幾個月前澳大利亞政府以國家利益爲由，阻止了該公司對外國投資者的出售計劃。
The decision creates a political headache for Scott Morrison, Australia’s treasurer, who must consider whether to approve the purchase of a block farmland almost three quarters the size of England in the lead up to an election on July 2nd.
基德曼公司的這一決定，爲澳大利亞聯邦財政部長斯科特•莫里森(Scott Morrison)製造了一個政治麻煩。他必須在7月2日選舉之前，仔細考慮是否批准基德曼公司的出售計劃，所售牧場面積幾乎相當於四分之三個英格蘭。
Under the proposed sale a company controlled by China’s Shanghai Pengxin Group would acquire an 80 per cent stake in Kidman with the remaining 20 per cent purchased by Australian Rural Capital- a company listed on the Australian stock exchange.
根據擬議的收購協議，中國上海鵬欣(Shanghai Pengxin)旗下的一家公司將收購基德曼80%的股份，剩下20%股份由澳大利亞證交所上市的Australian Rural Capital收購。
“The consortium and Kidman have complied with all requests that have been made by the Firb and we believe the sale will secure the long term future of the Kidman enterprise,” said John Crosby, Kidman chairman.
基德曼董事會主席約翰•克羅斯比(John Crosby)表示：“該財團與基德曼已遵守外國投資審查委員會(Firb)提出的所有要求，我們相信這筆交易將確保基德曼企業未來的長期發展。”
A wave of Chinese investment into foreign housing, agriculture and public infrastructure assets is generating public concerns in many developed economies, including Australia. In response, Canberra has progressively tightened foreign investment rules and in November blocked the proposed sale of S Kidman & Co, which was founded in 1899 by so called cattle king Sidney Kidman.
中國投資者對外國住宅、農業和公共基礎設施資產掀起的一波投資潮，引起了許多發達國家民衆的關注，其中也包括澳大利亞。澳大利亞政府對此作出迴應，逐步收緊了外國投資規則，還在去年11月阻止基德曼的出售計劃。1899年，被譽爲“牛王”的西德尼•基德曼(Sidney Kidman)創立了這家公司。
The consortium said it proposes to invest A$46.3m in capital improvements and restocking in the first year following the deal.
該財團表示擬投入4630萬澳元，在收購交易完成後的第一年進行資產改良和補充貨源。
