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46亿英镑 李嘉诚英国出手:收购最大酒馆运营商格林王
友信资讯 08-21 07:23

李嘉诚在英国又有新投资。

  8月19日晚间,李嘉诚家族掌舵的长江实业集团有限公司,长实集团公告称,将通过间接全资附属公司,以27亿英镑(相当于约252亿港元)现金,收购英国最大的酿酒厂和酒馆运营商Greene King plc全部已发行股本及将予发行股本。

  Greene King(格林王)在英格兰、威尔士及苏格兰等地经营超过2700间英式酒馆、餐厅及酒店。据长实集团公告透露,截至2019年4月28日,格林王拥有1687家由其经营的英式酒馆、餐厅和酒店,对其中81%都拥有永久业权或长期租赁权。

  除了支付27亿英镑的现金,长实集团还将承担格林王19亿英镑的债务。也就是说,该笔交易总价值46亿英镑(约合394亿元人民币)。这也是长实集团去年买下位于伦敦的瑞银(UBS)总部大楼后,在英国的又一笔大金额投资项目。

  格林王成立于1799年,距今已经有了220年历史。

  当时,创始人本杰明·格林(Benjamin Greene)带着用最好的原料酿造高质量啤酒的目的,来到英国的圣埃德蒙兹伯里小镇。

  1836年,本杰明的儿子爱德华(Edward)成功地接管了父亲的公司,开始了扩张,收购临近的酒厂Frederick King,组建了我们今天所知道的啤酒商Greene King。他还购买酒吧产业,为员工提供新的合同及退休金计划,还有住房。1888年,Greene King 已经在英国拥有了非常好的声誉,而他们的产品也随着这些声誉走向了整个英国,甚至红遍了欧洲。

  随后的工业革命、一战、二战,Greene King 都成功地把握好了相关市场契机。比如向工人和军人大量供应优质的瓶装啤酒,并在这一期间继续收购了几家竞争对手的酒厂,从而在后面的几十年里面占有了较好的市场地位。之后,Greene King 加强了对于之前收购酒厂的产品的推广力度,在英国形成了完整的酒吧、餐馆和旅店的产业链。

  对于该笔收购项目,路透社指出,随着脱欧大限的临近,英国的经济在受到影响的同时,对于外资来说也是以低价购入资产的时机。

  但英国的酒吧行业正面临严峻的挑战。路透社援引了2018年英国国家统计局(Office for National Statistics)的数据显示,过去10年内,英国超过11000家酒馆已经关闭,整体数量下降了近1/4。

  但长实集团表示,公司作为长期及策略投资者,主要选择投资于受惠于房地产的支持下拥有稳定、可获利及产生现金流的业务。英国英式酒馆及酿酒业是拥有该特质的行业,且英式酒馆将继续成为英国文化和外出用餐饮食市场的重要部分。

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