西班牙电信将大幅减持中国联通股份

Telefónica wants to sell close to half its stake in China Unicom, the Chinese mobile operator, for as much as $875m, as the Spanish group rebuilds its financial position ahead of potential deals in Latin America.

西班牙电信(Telefónica)希望出售其所持中国第二大移动运营商中国联通(China Unicom)股份的近一半，售价至高为8.75亿美元。这家西班牙集团正在重整财务状况，以便未来在拉美启动可能的交易。

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The telecoms group has set out terms to sell 597.8m shares in China’s second-largest carrier for between HK$11.14 and HK$11.34, which is at a slight discount to the last closing price for the company.

这家电信集团开出了出售中国第二大运营商5.978亿股股份的条件，每股售价为11.14港元至11.34港元，略低于中国联通的上一交易日收盘价。

The sale, which would raise $859m to $875m, will almost halve Telefónica’s 5 per cent stake in the business. Telefónica declined to comment on the sale.

此次减持将融资8.59亿美元至8.75亿美元，之后该集团对中国联通5%的持股比例将减少近一半。西班牙电信拒绝就此次减持置评。

The Spanish group has also been selling non-core businesses in the past two years, such as in the Czech Republic and Ireland, while building its businesses in more important markets such as Germany.

过去两年里，这家西班牙集团也一直在出售非核心业务（比如在捷克和爱尔兰的业务），同时在德国等更重要市场建立业务。

While Telefónica still has high net debt – which analysts expect to reach about 41bn in third-quarter results released later this week – the company is also a key part of a round of dealmaking under way in Brazil.

尽管西班牙电信的净负债额仍很高——分析师预计，本周晚些时候三季报发布时其净负债额将达约410亿欧元——但该公司仍是目前在巴西进行的一系列交易的主要参与方。