海航洽購法航旗下航空餐飲公司
China’s HNA Group is in talks to buy a 49.99 per cent stake in Air France’s Servair in a deal that would give the French carrier’s air services company an enterprise value of 475m.
中國海航集團(HNA Group)正就購入法國航空(Air France)子公司Servair 49.99%股權展開談判，這筆交易將令法航旗下這家航空服務公司的企業價值達到4.75億歐元。
The move, first reported by the FT, aims to create what is expected to be the world’s biggest airline catering company by revenues, combining Servair with Gategroup, for which HNA Group made a tender offer last month.
英國《金融時報》首次報道了這筆交易，此舉旨在締造全球營收最高的航空餐飲公司，將把Servair與海航上月發出收購要約的Gategroup合併。
It also highlights the aggressive expansion of HNA, which is based in China’s tropical island province of Hainan, as it seeks to become an international force.
這還突顯出海航的大舉擴張，總部設在中國熱帶島嶼海南省的該集團希望成爲一家國際企業。
The group, which owns two airlines and holds controlling stakes in 10 listed companies, has struck on average nearly one deal a month over the past 12 months. It was also a bidder on London City airport earlier this year but lost out to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
過去12個月，海航幾乎平均每個月達成一筆交易，該集團擁有兩家航空公司並持有10家上市公司的控股權。今年早些時候，海航還曾競購倫敦城市機場(London City Airport)，但最終不敵安大略省教師退休金計劃(Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan)。
Servair, which provides cleaning and catering to the aviation industry, employs 10,000 people and last year had sales of 792m.
Servair爲航空業提供清潔和配餐服務，擁有員工1萬人，去年的銷售額爲7.92億歐元。
Air France said in a statement on Monday that the talks had sprung from “wishes to provide Servair with the resources to ensure its growth and maintain the highest standards”.
法國航空週一在一份聲明中表示，談判的初衷是“希望爲Servair提供資源，確保其增長並保持最高標準”。
Servair has remained on the sidelines of consolidation in airline catering in recent years, missing out on opportunities to grow in an industry that increasingly relies on scale to compete.
最近幾年，Servair一直沒有參與航空餐飲領域的整合浪潮，失去了在這個越來越依賴規模競爭的行業壯大的機會。
It is understood that a deal, which is dependent on HNA’s successful acquisition of Gategroup, would see the Chinese company take operational control of Servair.
據悉，這筆交易取決於海航成功收購Gategroup，若成功完成，將令這家中國企業接手對Servair的運營控制。
In a second stage, Air France would sell a further 30 per cent of the company to HNA two years after selling the initial 49.99 per cent stake. Air France expects to sign a deal by the end of the summer.
首先，法國航空將向海航出售Servair 49.99%股權，在兩年後的第二階段，法航將進一步出售30%股權。法國航空預計將於夏季結束前簽約。
Air France said in the statement that combining Servair with Gategroup “would create an unprecedented offer” with more than 200 facilities and 39,000 employees.
法航在聲明中表示，將Servair與Gategroup合併“將創建一個空前的機會”，合併後的公司將擁有200多處設施和3.9萬名員工。
If successful, the acquisition would add to what has been a frenzied shopping spree by HNA.
如果交易成功，此次併購將爲海航的收購熱潮再添一筆。
