Private equity groups are scouring US markets for listed Chinese companies, trading at bargain basement prices, that want to go private.
私人股本集团正在美国市场寻觅价格极低、打算私有化的中资上市公司。
Just 16 take-private deals worth almost $4bn – including Shanda Interactive, Harbin Electric and China Security & Surveillance – have been completed in the past two years, according to figures from Dealogic, despite a huge decline in the value of many Chinese stocks. Only half of these involved private equity backers, with the rest a mixture of corporate takeovers or original owners using their own funds or bank financing.
Dealogic数据显示，尽管过去两年许多中资公司股价大幅缩水，但包括盛大互动(Shanda Interactive)、哈尔滨电气(Harbin Electric)和中国安防(China Security & Surveillance)在内，只有16家公司进行了私有化，价值接近40亿美元。其中只有半数交易有私人股本公司的支持，其余交易不是通过公司间收购完成的，就是原始所有人通过自有资金或银行融资完成的。