百勝餐飲與多家企業洽談 欲出售中國業務股權
Yum Brands, the owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, is in talks with KKR and other financial firms about the sale of a stake in its China business.
近日，作爲肯德基、Teco Bell和必勝客的集團總公司的百勝餐飲，與世界知名產業投資機構KKR集團以及其他一些金融公司就其中國業務的股權出售進行了談判。The US firm could reportedly sell up to 20% of its Chinese operations, valuing the unit at about $10bn.
據報道，這家美國公司可能出售其中國業務20%的股份，這部分股份價值約爲100億美元。Last October, it announced plans to spin off and list its China division by the end of 2016. The shake-up is set to be the biggest since Yum was split from PepsiCo two decades ago.
去年10月，百勝方面曾表示計劃在2016年底之前將旗下中國業務分拆。這次重組將是自二十年前百勝餐飲從百事可樂公司分離出來後最大的一次。
However, talks are said to be in their early stages and a deal is not guaranteed.
然而有消息表示，該談判據說還在初始階段，不能保證會有交易產生。"We continue to make good progress since we announced the transaction separating Yum and Yum China," a Yum spokesperson said in a statement. "We will provide updates on the transaction at appropriate times and we won't comment on rumours or speculation."
百勝餐飲發言人在聲明中表示：“我們自從公佈分離百勝餐飲和百勝餐飲中國的事務之後就一直進展得很順利，我們會在適當的時候向大家更新這筆交易的進展，但我們不會對謠言和猜測發表評論。”Yum has an overall market value of $32bn, but gets more than half of its profits from the China business.
百勝餐飲市場總價值爲320億美元，但它從中國的業務中獲得了超過一半的收益。However, its earnings from the mainland have been hit in recent years by a food safety scandal involving a meat supplier, as well as increased competition.
然而，它在大陸的收入受到了近幾年肉類供應商食品安全風波的打擊，同時也受到了越來越激烈的競爭的影響。Shares of Yum rose by nearly 2% in US trading following the reports about the sale talks.
在出售股權談判這一消息曝出之後，百勝餐飲集團的股票在美國上漲了2%。
