Yum plans buyout of Little Sheep
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?Yum plans buyout of Little Sheep |
肯德基母公司計劃全面控股小肥羊餐飲 |
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Yum Brands Inc., owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food brands, held talks with Little Sheep, a Chinese hot pot restaurant chain, about purchasing all outstanding shares of the company, Little Sheep said in documents filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday evening.? |
小肥羊餐飲公司昨晚在港交所發布公告稱，美國百勝餐飲集團(Yum)已與董事會就現金收購全部已發行股份進行了接洽，如收購完成，百勝將全面控股小肥羊。 |
| Shares of Little Sheep were suspended from trading yesterday morning awaiting a major announcement by the firm, stoking speculations in the market that Yum is considering making a buyout offer for the Baotou, Inner Mongolia-based company.? |
?4月26日早間，在港上市公司小肥羊宣布今日起暫停股票買賣，將公布股價敏感資料。此后市場傳聞美國百勝餐飲集團(Yum)正在考慮全面收購小肥羊。
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| Yum already holds a 27.2 percent stake in Little Sheep, which it purchased in 2009. If the deal is successful, Yum will become the hot pot-restaurant operator's largest shareholder, though Little Sheep's former president Zhang Gang will retain a limited stake of 2.41 percent, according to Little Sheep documents.? |
作為小肥羊的第二大股東，百勝(Yum)目前持有小肥羊集團約27.2%的股份。小肥羊方面表示目前百勝(Yum)已經與董事會主席張鋼進行了收購方案的初步討論，如收購完成，將允許小肥羊董事長及其他創始股東保留少數股份，張鋼直接持有2.41%的股份。? |
| The talks are still preliminary, and no formal offer has been made, a spokesperson for Yum said.? |
百勝(Yum)目前尚未正式向小肥羊提交收購要約，僅處于初步接洽階段。? |
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Although Little Sheep is registered overseas, the deal is still subject to the approval of China's Ministry of Commerce. Market analysts said the deal faces less regulatory hurdles than the merger between Coca Cola and Huiyuan Juice Group that collapsed in 2009. The acquisition will help Yum solidify its presence in fast-growing China's market through enlarging its market share, they noted. |
市場分析人士認為，小肥羊盡管在海外注冊，但百勝如全面收購仍需商務部審批，其審批難度應低于此前可口可樂公司并購匯源果汁一案。?如本次收購成功，百勝集團有望為其本地化戰略走出堅實一步，并提升在國內餐飲業中的市場份額。 |
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Little Sheep, which listed on the Hong Kong exchange in June 2008, had opened 480 stores by mid-2010, netting 188 million yuan in profits last year. |
小肥羊餐飲以小肥羊特色火鍋連鎖為主業，于2008年6月在香港上市。截止2010年年中，小肥羊擁有179自營餐廳及301家特許經營餐廳，2010年實現凈利1.88億元人民幣。? |
