電商巨頭阿里巴巴擬全面收購優酷土豆

The Chinese ecommerce giant is seeking to take full control of New York-listed Youku Tudou, the Chinese video hosting site in which it acquired a stake in 2014.

中國最大電商巨頭阿里巴巴(Alibaba)正尋求全面控股在紐約上市的中國視頻網站優酷土豆(Youku Tudou)。阿里巴巴曾在2014年入股優酷土豆。

Alibaba is proposing to buy all of the shares it doesn't already own in Youku Tudou for $26.60 a share in cash. Shares in Youku Tudou closed on Thursday at $20.43.

阿里巴巴提出，將以每股26.60美元現金購入優酷土豆其餘股份。優酷土豆股價週四收於每股20.43美元。

Alibaba said it had made the proposal with the support of the founding shareholders of Youku, including Victor Koo, Chengwei Capital and their affiliates.

阿里巴巴表示，該計劃已得到包括古永鏘(Victor Koo)、成爲基金(Chengwei Capital)及其關聯方在內的優酷創始股東的支持。

Alibaba currently has an 18.3 per cent stake in the video hosting site.

阿里巴巴目前持有優酷土豆18.3%的股份。

Daniel Zhang, chief executive officer of Alibaba said: We believe that the proposed transaction, with tighter integration of our resources, will help Youku achieve exciting growth in the years ahead by leveraging Alibaba's assets in living-room entertainment, e-commerce, advertising and data analytics. Digital products, especially video, are just as important as physical goods in e-commerce, and Youku's high-quality video content will be a core component of Alibaba's digital product offering in the future.

阿里巴巴首席執行官張勇(Daniel Zhang)表示：“我們相信此次合作會讓雙方結合更加緊密。以視頻爲代表的數字產品是電商除實物商品外重要組成部分，優酷土豆優質的視頻內容將會成爲未來阿里電商數字產品的核心組成部分。” 同時在阿里巴巴的提議下，優酷創始人古永鏘將繼續擔任優酷土豆集團董事會主席和首席執行官，領導業務發展。

Alibaba is proposing that Youku's founder, Victor Koo, would continue to lead the business as chairman and chief executive officer. Alibaba's executive chairman Jack Ma said: "A closer partnership with Youku will give us the opportunity to support Victor and his leadership team to fulfill the dream of building the leading digital entertainment platform in China.

同時在阿里巴巴的提議下，優酷創始人古永鏘將繼續擔任優酷土豆集團董事會主席和首席執行官，領導業務發展。阿里巴巴董事局主席馬雲(Jack Ma)表示：“通過此次合作，我們將更加深度支持古永鏘和他領導的團隊，實現打造中國領先數字娛樂平臺的夢想。”