A?restaurant of Golden Jaguar, a high-end restaurant chain featuring high-end buffet, in Wangfujin Street, Beijing.[CFP] |
Apax buys high-end Chinese restaurant chain |
金錢豹出售股權(quán)擬曲線上市? |
Apax Partners, Europe's largest private equity firm, announced Tuesday it has acquired Golden Jaguar, a luxury buffet chain based in Shanghai, but declined to disclose details of the transaction. | 昨日,歐洲最大的私募股權(quán)基金安佰深方面透露,其下屬基金已收購以高檔自助餐廳著稱的金錢豹,但并未透露收購具體金額和股權(quán)比例。 |
The deal reflects the firm's optimistic view on China's food, beverage and catering industry. | 此次收購基于他們持續(xù)看好中國(guó)食品、飲料和餐飲等消費(fèi)行業(yè)。 |
Before acquiring Golden Jaguar, Apax also invested in SouFun Holdings Ltd., China's largest online real estate portal. | 在此之前,安佰深在國(guó)內(nèi)已投資了搜房網(wǎng)。 |
"Apax actively focuses on opportunities to capitalize on China's fast-growing economy and domestic consumption market," said Richard Zhang, a partner and president of Apax in the greater China region. "Golden Jaguar has a unique business model and performance, and it will expand into more Chinese cities over the next few years." | 安佰深全球合伙人兼大中華區(qū)總裁張曦軻表示:“安佰深非常注重捕捉那些能夠借助中國(guó)持續(xù)發(fā)展的經(jīng)濟(jì)以及內(nèi)需而謀取巨大發(fā)展的零售及消費(fèi)品領(lǐng)域的投資機(jī)會(huì), 金錢豹擁有獨(dú)具吸引力的商業(yè)模式及優(yōu)秀的經(jīng)營(yíng)業(yè)績(jī)?!彼嘎?,未來幾年金錢豹會(huì)將其經(jīng)營(yíng)范圍拓展到全國(guó)各地。 |
Golden Jaguar, founded in 2003, has 18 restaurants in six cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin. The company reported profits last year of 40 million yuan on sales of 900 million yuan. | 金錢豹于2003年10月首度以金錢豹國(guó)際美食百匯的經(jīng)營(yíng)模式登陸上海餐飲市場(chǎng)。據(jù)金錢豹官方網(wǎng)站資料,經(jīng)營(yíng)區(qū)域覆蓋上海、北京、天津等城市,公開報(bào)道顯示,目前金錢豹共有18家分店,2010年?duì)I收近9億元,實(shí)現(xiàn)收益4000萬元。 |
Industrial analysts say the deal will help Golden Jaguar with plans for a stock listing, a move it has sought since 2009. | ?金錢豹出售股權(quán)在業(yè)內(nèi)引起不小震驚,因?yàn)閺?009年起,金錢豹欲上市的消息就不斷被媒體追逐。對(duì)于此次突然轉(zhuǎn)變?nèi)谫Y策略,有業(yè)內(nèi)人士認(rèn)為,金錢豹將部分股權(quán)出售給基金公司,有可能是“曲線上市”。 |
Media reports in March said the restaurant planned to raise US$200 million on the Hong Kong stock exchange in the second half of this year. | 今年3月,有香港媒體報(bào)道,金錢豹集團(tuán)計(jì)劃今年下半年在港集資2億美元(約15.6億港元)。 |
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