法國安盛聯(lián)手澳洲同行競購安盛亞太

French insurer Axa and Australia's AMP have launched one of Asia's biggest unsolicited takeover bids of the year, tabling a joint A$11bn (US$10.2bn) offer for Axa's majority-owned Asian business.

法國保險商安盛(Axa)和澳大利亞安保集團(tuán)(AMP)發(fā)起了本年度亞洲最大的主動收購要約之一，共同出資110億澳元（合102億美元）收購安盛持有多數(shù)股權(quán)的安盛亞洲業(yè)務(wù)。

The bid, which was rejected by Axa Asia Pacific as inadequate, signalled the French company's intent to expand its presence in some of the world's fastest-growing emerging markets. It marked the second time in five years that it has tried to buy the Asian business outright.

該競購表明，安盛試圖在全球一些增長最快的新興市場拓展業(yè)務(wù)。這已經(jīng)是它在5年內(nèi)第二次嘗試全盤收購安盛亞太。安盛亞太(Axa Asia Pacific)已經(jīng)以報價不夠高為由，拒絕了該收購要約。

Rick Allert, chairman of Axa Asia Pacific, in which the French insurer holds a 53.9 per cent stake, said that the offer was too low and failed to reflect fully the prospects for its high-growth operations.

安盛亞太總裁里克•阿勒特(Rick Allert)表示，這個報價太低，未能充分反映安盛亞太業(yè)務(wù)高增長的前景。安盛持有安盛亞太53.9%的股權(quán)。

“If they come back, then we'll look at whatever they come back with,” Mr Allert said on a conference call.

阿勒特在電話會議上表示：“如果他們回來，無論他們拿出什么方案，我們都會考慮。”

Axa, which is Europe's second largest insurer, yesterday launched a €2bn (US$3bn) rights issue as part of what it called an “aggressive” strategy to fund acquisitions.

作為安盛稱為“激進(jìn)”收購融資策略的一部分，這家歐洲第二大保險商昨日啟動20億歐元（合30億美元）的配股發(fā)行計劃。

Henri de Castries, Axa's executive chairman, said of the offer: “It's a reasonable proposal and we are ready to discuss it.”

安盛首席執(zhí)行官亨瑞•德•卡第(Henri de Castries)提及收購要約時表示：“這是一個合理的提議，我們愿意對它進(jìn)行討論。”

“This is an opportunity that will reinforce our exposure to Asia, it will be financed conservatively and maintain in our balance sheet necessary flexibility for other opportunities – we want to be in a situation where we can seize opportunities,” Mr de Castries said.

卡第表示：“這是一個將會加強我們在亞洲地盤的機會，我們將對它進(jìn)行保守融資，在我們的資產(chǎn)負(fù)債表中保持必要的靈活性，以備其它機會來臨——我們希望置身于能夠抓住機會的地位。”

Under the proposal, AMP would buy all the shares in Axa Asia Pacific, sell the Asian operations to Axa for A$7.7bn and retain the group's Australian and New Zealand units. Axa estimated that the net cost to it would be €1.1bn for the Asian parts of the business.

根據(jù)提議，安保將買斷安盛亞太集團(tuán)的所有股票，并將后者的亞洲業(yè)務(wù)以77億澳元出售給安盛，同時保留該集團(tuán)的澳大利亞和新西蘭業(yè)務(wù)。安盛估計，它收購安盛亞太亞洲業(yè)務(wù)的凈成本將為11億歐元。

英國《金融時報》舍赫拉查德•達(dá)內(nèi)什庫(Scheherazade Daneshkhu)巴黎、彼得•史密斯(Peter Smith)悉尼、保羅•J•戴維斯(Paul J. Davies)倫敦報道