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UPDATE 2-Britain's Morrisons agrees $8.7 bln offer from Fortress Investment Group<blockquote>更新 2-英国莫里森同意堡垒投资集团 87 亿美元的报价</blockquote>

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Pack.<blockquote>执行合伙人约书亚·A·帕克 (Joshua A. Pack) 表示：“我们致力于成为莫里森的优秀管理者，从长远来看，最好地服务于其利益相关者团体和更广泛的英国公众。”</blockquote> Under the terms of the deal, which Morrisons' board is recommending to shareholders, investors would receive 254 pence a share, comprising 252 pence in cash and a 2 pence cash dividend.<blockquote>根据莫里森董事会向股东推荐的交易条款，投资者将获得每股 254 便士，其中包括 252 便士现金和 2 便士现金股息。</blockquote> Morrisons, based in Bradford, northern England, started out as an egg and butter merchant in 1899. It now only trails market leader Tesco , Sainsbury's and Asda in annual sales.<blockquote>莫里森总部位于英格兰北部的布拉德福德，于1899年开始做鸡蛋和黄油商人。目前，它的年销售额仅次于市场领导者 Tesco、Sainsbury's 和 Asda。</blockquote> Morrisons owns 85% of its nearly 500 stores and has 19 mostly freehold manufacturing sites. It is unique among British supermarkets in making over half of the fresh food it sells.<blockquote>莫里森拥有其近 500 家商店中的 85%，并拥有 19 个大部分是永久保有的制造基地。它在英国超市中是独一无二的，因为它销售的新鲜食品占了一半以上。</blockquote> It said the offer represents a premium of 42% to its closing share price of 178 pence on June 18 - the last business day before CD&amp;R's proposal.<blockquote>该公司表示，该要约较 6 月 18 日（CD&amp;R 提出要约前的最后一个工作日）178 便士的收盘价溢价 42%。</blockquote> Shares in Morrisons closed on Friday at 243 pence, valuing the business at 5.8 billion pounds.<blockquote>Morrisons 股价周五收于 243 便士，公司估值为 58 亿英镑。</blockquote> FIVE PROPOSALS<blockquote>五项建议</blockquote> CD&amp;R had no immediate comment.<blockquote>CD&amp;R没有立即发表评论。</blockquote> Under British takeover rules CD&amp;R has until July 17 to come back with a firm offer.<blockquote>根据英国收购规则，CD&amp;R 必须在 7 月 17 日之前提出确定的报价。</blockquote> Morrisons has a partnership agreement with Amazon and there has been speculation it could emerge as a possible bidder too. <blockquote>莫里森与亚马逊签订了合作协议，有人猜测它也可能成为可能的竞标者。</blockquote> Morrisons said an initial unsolicited proposal was received from Fortress on May 4 at 220 pence a share. This offer was not made public. Fortress then made four subsequent proposals before its offer reached a total value of 254 a share on June 5.<blockquote>莫里森表示，5 月 4 日收到了 Fortress 的初步主动报价，价格为每股 220 便士。这一提议没有公开。Fortress 随后提出了四项后续提案，最终在 6 月 5 日的报价总价值达到每股 254 美元。</blockquote> The Fortress deal underlines the growing appetite for UK supermarket groups, seen as attractive because of their cash generation and freehold assets.<blockquote>Fortress 交易凸显了人们对英国超市集团日益增长的兴趣，这些集团因其现金生成和永久保有资产而被视为具有吸引力。</blockquote> In February, Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital purchased a majority stake in Asda from Walmart<blockquote>二月份，Zuber 和 Mohsin Issa 以及私募股权公司 TDR Capital 从沃尔玛购买了 Asda 的多数股权</blockquote> in a deal valuing the UK grocer at 6.8 billion pounds.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家英国杂货商的估值为 68 亿英镑。</blockquote> That transaction followed Sainsbury's failure to take over Asda after an agreed deal was blocked by Britain's competition regulator in 2019.<blockquote>在这笔交易之前，塞恩斯伯里在 2019 年商定的交易被英国竞争监管机构阻止后未能收购阿斯达。</blockquote> In April, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky raised his stake in Sainsbury's to almost 10%, igniting bid speculation. <blockquote>今年 4 月，捷克亿万富翁丹尼尔·克雷廷斯基 (Daniel Kretinsky) 将其在塞恩斯伯里百货 (Sainsbury's) 的股份增至近 10%，引发了竞购猜测。</blockquote> ($1 = 0.7235 pounds)<blockquote>（1美元=0.7235英镑）</blockquote> (Reporting by James Davey; 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Rice (CD&amp;R), which Morrisons rejected on June 19, saying it was far too low. <blockquote>Fortress 的报价得到了加拿大养老金计划投资委员会和科赫房地产投资公司的支持，超过了 Clayton, Dubilier &amp; Rice (CD&amp;R) 55.2 亿英镑的报价，莫里森于 6 月 19 日拒绝了该报价，称其太低了。</blockquote> “The Morrisons directors believe that the offer represents a fair and recommendable price for shareholders which recognises Morrisons’ future prospects,\" said Chairman Andrew Higginson.<blockquote>“莫里森公司董事长安德鲁-希金森（Andrew Higginson）说：”莫里森公司董事认为，这一要约对股东来说是一个公平且值得推荐的价格，也是对莫里森公司未来前景的认可。</blockquote> \"We have looked very carefully at Fortress’ approach, their plans for the business and their overall suitability as an owner of a unique British food-maker and shopkeeper with over 110,000 colleagues and an important role in British food production and farming,\" he said.<blockquote>“他说：”我们非常仔细地研究了 Fortress 的做法、他们的业务计划，以及他们作为一家拥有 11 万多名同事、在英国食品生产和农业中发挥重要作用的独特英国食品制造商和店主的整体适宜性。</blockquote> Fortress is a global investment manager with about $53 billion in assets under management as of March.<blockquote>Fortress 是一家全球投资管理公司，截至 3 月份管理着约 530 亿美元的资产。</blockquote> \"We are committed to being good stewards of Morrisons to best serve its stakeholder groups, and the wider British public, for the long term,\" said managing partner, Joshua A. Pack.<blockquote>执行合伙人约书亚·A·帕克 (Joshua A. Pack) 表示：“我们致力于成为莫里森的优秀管理者，从长远来看，最好地服务于其利益相关者团体和更广泛的英国公众。”</blockquote> Under the terms of the deal, which Morrisons' board is recommending to shareholders, investors would receive 254 pence a share, comprising 252 pence in cash and a 2 pence cash dividend.<blockquote>根据莫里森董事会向股东推荐的交易条款，投资者将获得每股 254 便士，其中包括 252 便士现金和 2 便士现金股息。</blockquote> Morrisons, based in Bradford, northern England, started out as an egg and butter merchant in 1899. It now only trails market leader Tesco , Sainsbury's and Asda in annual sales.<blockquote>莫里森总部位于英格兰北部的布拉德福德，于1899年开始做鸡蛋和黄油商人。目前，它的年销售额仅次于市场领导者 Tesco、Sainsbury's 和 Asda。</blockquote> Morrisons owns 85% of its nearly 500 stores and has 19 mostly freehold manufacturing sites. It is unique among British supermarkets in making over half of the fresh food it sells.<blockquote>莫里森拥有其近 500 家商店中的 85%，并拥有 19 个大部分是永久保有的制造基地。它在英国超市中是独一无二的，因为它销售的新鲜食品占了一半以上。</blockquote> It said the offer represents a premium of 42% to its closing share price of 178 pence on June 18 - the last business day before CD&amp;R's proposal.<blockquote>该公司表示，该要约较 6 月 18 日（CD&amp;R 提出要约前的最后一个工作日）178 便士的收盘价溢价 42%。</blockquote> Shares in Morrisons closed on Friday at 243 pence, valuing the business at 5.8 billion pounds.<blockquote>Morrisons 股价周五收于 243 便士，公司估值为 58 亿英镑。</blockquote> FIVE PROPOSALS<blockquote>五项建议</blockquote> CD&amp;R had no immediate comment.<blockquote>CD&amp;R没有立即发表评论。</blockquote> Under British takeover rules CD&amp;R has until July 17 to come back with a firm offer.<blockquote>根据英国收购规则，CD&amp;R 必须在 7 月 17 日之前提出确定的报价。</blockquote> Morrisons has a partnership agreement with Amazon and there has been speculation it could emerge as a possible bidder too. <blockquote>莫里森与亚马逊签订了合作协议，有人猜测它也可能成为可能的竞标者。</blockquote> Morrisons said an initial unsolicited proposal was received from Fortress on May 4 at 220 pence a share. This offer was not made public. Fortress then made four subsequent proposals before its offer reached a total value of 254 a share on June 5.<blockquote>莫里森表示，5 月 4 日收到了 Fortress 的初步主动报价，价格为每股 220 便士。这一提议没有公开。Fortress 随后提出了四项后续提案，最终在 6 月 5 日的报价总价值达到每股 254 美元。</blockquote> The Fortress deal underlines the growing appetite for UK supermarket groups, seen as attractive because of their cash generation and freehold assets.<blockquote>Fortress 交易凸显了人们对英国超市集团日益增长的兴趣，这些集团因其现金生成和永久保有资产而被视为具有吸引力。</blockquote> In February, Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital purchased a majority stake in Asda from Walmart<blockquote>二月份，Zuber 和 Mohsin Issa 以及私募股权公司 TDR Capital 从沃尔玛购买了 Asda 的多数股权</blockquote> in a deal valuing the UK grocer at 6.8 billion pounds.<blockquote>这笔交易对这家英国杂货商的估值为 68 亿英镑。</blockquote> That transaction followed Sainsbury's failure to take over Asda after an agreed deal was blocked by Britain's competition regulator in 2019.<blockquote>在这笔交易之前，塞恩斯伯里在 2019 年商定的交易被英国竞争监管机构阻止后未能收购阿斯达。</blockquote> In April, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky raised his stake in Sainsbury's to almost 10%, igniting bid speculation. <blockquote>今年 4 月，捷克亿万富翁丹尼尔·克雷廷斯基 (Daniel Kretinsky) 将其在塞恩斯伯里百货 (Sainsbury's) 的股份增至近 10%，引发了竞购猜测。</blockquote> ($1 = 0.7235 pounds)<blockquote>（1美元=0.7235英镑）</blockquote> (Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Jane Merriman)<blockquote>（詹姆斯·戴维报道；简·梅里曼编辑）</blockquote>((james.davey@thomsonreuters.com))<blockquote>（（james.davey@thomsonreuters.com））</blockquote></body></html><blockquote></blockquote>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AMZN":"亚马逊","03086":"华夏纳指","09086":"华夏纳指-U","QNETCN":"纳斯达克中美互联网老虎指数"},"source_url":"http://api.rkd.refinitiv.com/api/News/News.svc/REST/News_1/RetrieveStoryML_1","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2148802607","content_text":"* Fortress offers 254 pence a share * Tops CD&R's proposal of 230 pence * Fortress approached Morrisons on May 4 * Morrisons says Fortress would be suitable owner (Adds detail, Morrisons chairman, Fortress comment) By James Davey LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Morrisons has agreed a takeover offer from Fortress Investment Group, which values Britain's fourth largest supermarket operator at 6.3 billion pounds ($8.7 billion), and tops a rival bid proposal from a U.S. private equity firm. The offer from Fortress, which is backed by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Koch Real Estate Investments, exceeds a 5.52 billion pound proposal from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), which Morrisons rejected on June 19, saying it was far too low. “The Morrisons directors believe that the offer represents a fair and recommendable price for shareholders which recognises Morrisons’ future prospects,\" said Chairman Andrew Higginson. \"We have looked very carefully at Fortress’ approach, their plans for the business and their overall suitability as an owner of a unique British food-maker and shopkeeper with over 110,000 colleagues and an important role in British food production and farming,\" he said. Fortress is a global investment manager with about $53 billion in assets under management as of March. \"We are committed to being good stewards of Morrisons to best serve its stakeholder groups, and the wider British public, for the long term,\" said managing partner, Joshua A. Pack. Under the terms of the deal, which Morrisons' board is recommending to shareholders, investors would receive 254 pence a share, comprising 252 pence in cash and a 2 pence cash dividend. Morrisons, based in Bradford, northern England, started out as an egg and butter merchant in 1899. It now only trails market leader Tesco , Sainsbury's and Asda in annual sales. Morrisons owns 85% of its nearly 500 stores and has 19 mostly freehold manufacturing sites. It is unique among British supermarkets in making over half of the fresh food it sells. It said the offer represents a premium of 42% to its closing share price of 178 pence on June 18 - the last business day before CD&R's proposal. Shares in Morrisons closed on Friday at 243 pence, valuing the business at 5.8 billion pounds. FIVE PROPOSALS CD&R had no immediate comment. Under British takeover rules CD&R has until July 17 to come back with a firm offer. Morrisons has a partnership agreement with Amazon and there has been speculation it could emerge as a possible bidder too. Morrisons said an initial unsolicited proposal was received from Fortress on May 4 at 220 pence a share. This offer was not made public. Fortress then made four subsequent proposals before its offer reached a total value of 254 a share on June 5. The Fortress deal underlines the growing appetite for UK supermarket groups, seen as attractive because of their cash generation and freehold assets. In February, Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital purchased a majority stake in Asda from Walmart in a deal valuing the UK grocer at 6.8 billion pounds. That transaction followed Sainsbury's failure to take over Asda after an agreed deal was blocked by Britain's competition regulator in 2019. In April, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky raised his stake in Sainsbury's to almost 10%, igniting bid speculation. 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