富士康成功收購夏普 Hon Hai to buy Sharp for Y388bn

Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry has agreed to buy Sharp for Y388bn ($3.46bn), putting an end to the takeover saga.

臺灣富士康（Foxconn，又名鴻海精密(Hon Hai Precision Industry)）已同意以3880億日元（合34.6億美元）收購夏普(Sharp)，爲這場漫長而一波三折的收購畫上了句號。

The struggling Japanese electronics maker agreed to a bailout by Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, back in February, in a deal involving Y489bn of new stock to the Taiwanese group which would give it a 66 per cent controlling stake in Sharp.

今年2月，夏普這家深陷困境的日本電子設備製造商同意接受富士康的紓困。在這一交易中，夏普將向富士康發行4890億日元新股，富士康在夏普的持股比例將因此達到66%，從而掌握控股權。

However, the deal abruptly stalled after Sharp provided its rescuer with what Hon Hai called “new material information”, which people familiar with the matter said were Y300bn in potential liabilities.

然而，在夏普向富士康提供了後者所稱的“新的關鍵文件”後，這一交易突然陷入停滯。知情人士表示，這一新信息指的是3000億日元的潛在債務。

After further evaluation, Hon Hai lowered its takeover price by Y100bn to Y388bn, which Sharp has now agreed.

經過進一步的估值後，富士康將其報價下調了1000億日元，至3880億日元。夏普現已接受這一報價。

Terry Gou, founder of Hon Hai, said:“I am thrilled by the prospects for this strategic alliance and I look forward to working with everyone at Sharp. We have much that we want to achieve and I am confident that we will unlock Sharp’s true potential and together reach great heights.”

富士康創始人郭臺銘(Terry Gou)表示：“對雙方的戰略聯盟，我感到非常激動，很期待和夏普所有人合作，我們有很多共同努力奮鬥的目標亟待實現。我深信，我們將共同開發出夏普深藏的潛力，一起面對挑戰與突破。”