蚂蚁金服提高对速汇金的收购价

 　　Ant Financial, the digital payments affiliate¹ of China’s Alibaba, has raised its bid for MoneyGram by 36 per cent to $1.2bn a month after Euronet Worldwide gate-crashed its original $880m offer.

　　在Euronet Worldwide不请自来地加入竞购一个月后，中国阿里巴巴集团(Alibaba)关联企业、数字支付公司蚂蚁金服(Ant Financial)将其对速汇金(MoneyGram)的出价提高了36%，从最初的8.8亿美元提升至12亿美元。

　　The battle for Texas-based MoneyGram characterises many of the challenges facing Chinese mergers² and acquisitions. Rival bidder³ Euronet and US politicians alike flagged the political risks of selling to a Chinese entity⁴, while Ant pre-emptively raised $3bn overseas to avoid being snagged by China’s capital controls.

　　围绕总部位于美国德克萨斯州的速汇金展开的这场收购大战，凸显出中国在并购方面面临的许多挑战。竞购对手Euronet和美国政界人士都强调了将速汇金出售给中国实体的政治风险。同时，蚂蚁金服预防性地在中国境外筹集了30亿美元，以避免受到中国资本管制的掣肘。

　　Alibaba, founded by former English teacher and now multi-billionaire Jack⁵ Ma, is among China’s most acquisitive companies as it seeks to take its vast domestic business global.

　　马云(Jack Ma)创立的阿里巴巴，是中国收购最积极的企业之一。该集团试图将其庞大的国内业务推向全球。马云曾是一名英语教师，目前已身家数十亿。

　　MoneyGram is Ant’s first bid in the US, although it has accrued⁶ a string of stakes in mobile payment companies in India, Thailand and South Korea over the past year. Alipay, initially⁷ set up to service Alibaba’s ecommerce operations — much as eBay spawned⁸ the need for PayPal in the US — dominates China’s huge mobile payments market.

　　速汇金是蚂蚁金服在美国展开的首次收购，尽管该公司过去一年已入股了一连串的印度、泰国和韩国移动支付公司。蚂蚁金服旗下的支付宝(Alipay)主导着中国庞大的移动支付市场。支付宝的设立初衷是为了服务于阿里巴巴的电子商务业务，这与eBay在美国催生了设立PayPal的需要很类似。

　　Owning MoneyGram would allow the fast-growing Chinese group to connect with an international network of 2.4bn accounts.

　　将速汇金收入囊中将令这家快速增长的中国集团得以对接一个拥有24亿账户的国际网络。

　　Euronet sought to kill the deal, making a higher bid and arguing that an acquisition by a fellow US company would involve fewer regulatory issues than one by a Chinese company. Flagging up what it saw as a big execution risk, it included a hefty break fee.

　　Euronet试图阻止这笔交易，它开出了更高的价码，并声称与由中国企业来收购相比，由美国本土企业来收购遭遇的监管问题将会更少。Euronet还开出了高额的“分手费”，以强调它眼中巨大的执行风险。

　　US lawmakers urged the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US to conduct a “full and thorough” review of the deal.

　　多名美国议员敦促美国外国投资委员会(Committee on Foreign Investment)“全面而彻底地”审核这笔交易。

　　However, Ant has come back fighting. Its new bid prices MoneyGram shares at $18 each, up from an initial offer of $13.25, the companies said in a joint⁹ statement. Euronet had offered $15.20 a share. Shares in MoneyGram shares closed at $16.51 on Thursday.

　　不过，蚂蚁金服已展开了反击。它和速汇金在一份联合声明中表示，蚂蚁金服新开出的价格将速汇金的股价定为每股18美元，比最初的出价每股13.25美元要高。Euronet的出价为每股15.20美元。上周四，速汇金的股票收于每股16.51美元。

1 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

2 mergers   

n.（两个公司的）合并( merger的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Mergers fall into three categories: horizontal, vertical, and conglomerate. 合并分为以下三种：横向合并，纵向合并和混合合并。 来自辞典例句
• Many recent mergers are concentrated within specific industries, particularly in retailing, airlines and communications. 现代许多合并企业集中进行某些特定业务，在零售业、民航和通讯业中更是如此。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

3 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。

4 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

5 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

6 accrued   

adj.权责已发生的v.增加( accrue的过去式和过去分词 )；（通过自然增长）产生；获得；（使钱款、债务）积累

参考例句：

• The company had accrued debts of over 1000 yuan. 该公司已积欠了1000多万元的债务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I have accrued a set of commemoration stamps. 我已收集一套纪念邮票。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

8 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。