西班牙電信將大幅減持中國聯通股份

Telefónica wants to sell close to half its stake in China Unicom, the Chinese mobile operator, for as much as $875m, as the Spanish group rebuilds its financial position ahead of potential deals in Latin America.

西班牙電信(Telefónica)希望出售其所持中國第二大移動運營商中國聯通(China Unicom)股份的近一半，售價至高爲8.75億美元。這家西班牙集團正在重整財務狀況，以便未來在拉美啓動可能的交易。

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The telecoms group has set out terms to sell 597.8m shares in China’s second-largest carrier for between HK$11.14 and HK$11.34, which is at a slight discount to the last closing price for the company.

這家電信集團開出了出售中國第二大運營商5.978億股股份的條件，每股售價爲11.14港元至11.34港元，略低於中國聯通的上一交易日收盤價。

The sale, which would raise $859m to $875m, will almost halve Telefónica’s 5 per cent stake in the business. Telefónica declined to comment on the sale.

此次減持將融資8.59億美元至8.75億美元，之後該集團對中國聯通5%的持股比例將減少近一半。西班牙電信拒絕就此次減持置評。

The Spanish group has also been selling non-core businesses in the past two years, such as in the Czech Republic and Ireland, while building its businesses in more important markets such as Germany.

過去兩年裏，這家西班牙集團也一直在出售非核心業務（比如在捷克和愛爾蘭的業務），同時在德國等更重要市場建立業務。

While Telefónica still has high net debt – which analysts expect to reach about 41bn in third-quarter results released later this week – the company is also a key part of a round of dealmaking under way in Brazil.

儘管西班牙電信的淨負債額仍很高——分析師預計，本週晚些時候三季報發佈時其淨負債額將達約410億歐元——但該公司仍是目前在巴西進行的一系列交易的主要參與方。