阿里巴巴擬在美首次發債籌資80億美元

Alibaba is planning its first bond sale in the US, taking advantage of low borrowing costs to raise funds for the refinancing of credit facilities just two Months after its blockbuster initial public offering.

阿里巴巴(Alibaba)計劃在美國發售第一隻債券，以利用借貸成本較低的機會來籌集資金，用於信貸安排的再融資。該公司在兩個月前剛進行了極具轟動性的首次公開發行(IPO)。

China’s internet giant will offer dollar-denominated notes to qualified institutional investors in a so-called 144A private placement next week, the company said in a statement. The offer may near the $8bn mark, people familiar with the sale said.

這家中國互聯網巨頭在一份聲明中表示，下週將向合格機構投資者發售美元計價的票據，進行所謂的144A私募。知情人士稱，此次發售的規模可能接近80億美元。

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are managing the sale.

摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)、花旗集團(Citigroup)、德意志銀行(Deutsche Bank)和摩根大通(JPMorgan Chase)正在管理此次發售。

The bonds will carry an A+ investment grade credit-rating by Standard & Poor’s and an equivalent A1 rating from Moody’s.

該債券將帶有標準普爾(Standard & Poor’s)授予的A+投資級信用評級，以及穆迪(Moody’s)授予的等效的A1評級。

S&P analyst Tony Tang said in a note he expects Alibaba to “maintain its dominant market position, profitability, and net cash position over the next 24 months”.

標準普爾分析師託尼•唐(Tony Tang)在一份簡報中表示，他預計阿里巴巴“在未來24個月裏能夠維持市場主導地位、盈利能力和淨現金頭寸”。

Alibaba, which collected a record $25bn in its initial public offering, disclosed that it had fully exhausted an $8bn credit facility with securities regulators in September.

在IPO中募集到創紀錄的250億美元的阿里巴巴，曾在9月向證券監管機構披露，其已耗盡一項80億美元的信貸安排。

At the time, it reported entering into a new $3bn revolving credit facility, although it had not yet tapped the funding line.

當時，該公司報告達成一項新的30億美元的循環信貸安排，儘管它尚未利用這一資金來源。

Alibaba has seen its market valuation soar, from $168bn at the time of its New York IPO to $285bn, ranking it among the ten largest companies in the world.

阿里巴巴上市後市值飆升，從在紐約上市時的1680億美元升至2850億美元，使其成爲世界十大公司之一。