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五矿资源有意斥资63亿加元收购Equinox余下权益
新华网香港4月4日电 (记者 苏晓) 五矿资源有限公司4日在香港宣布,有意以全现金约63亿加元(约等于508.75亿港元)要约收购Equinox Minerals Limited余下权益,公司预计将于3个星期内正式启动要约并于年中完成收购计划。
Equinox是一间于加拿大及澳大利亚两地上市的国际矿业公司,现时主要集中营运在赞比亚全资持有的大型Lumwana铜矿及于沙特阿拉伯Jabal Sayid铜-金项目的建设。
五矿资源管理层表示,此次五矿资源对Equinox的要约符合公司的发展策略,能够进一步增强公司全球生产项目组合。对Equinox股东,要约具有吸引力,因为这不仅提供给Equinox股东显著的溢价及实现股份价值的确定性,更提供了相比Equinox建议收购Lundin的更为优秀的方案。
根据拟议要约条款,五矿资源将以每股7加元收购全部未持有的Equinox已发行的普通股,与截至4月1日于多伦多证券交易所过去20个交易日的Equinox股份成交量加权平均价相比,有33%溢价;与4月1日于多伦多交易所Equinox股份收市价5.71加元相比,有23%溢价。
五矿资源于本次要约给予的代价预计将来自现有现金储备、中资银行的长期银行信贷额度,以及股权发行包括中国机构对五矿资源的财务投资。
五矿资源管理层表示,为使能够获得五矿资源要约所提供的优越条件,Equinox股东应于4月11日Equinox召开的就收购Lundin的股东大会中投票反对,并利用所持有股票支持五矿资源的收购要约。
对于五矿资源股东来说,本次收购将会扩展五矿资源的现有生产项目组合,并大幅延长并营运矿山组合的开采寿命至2030年以上,使其能够加倍受益于铜市场极具吸引力的基本面。
Equinox的Lumwana矿于赞比亚拥有大规模的铜矿在产资产,现时产能为每年14.5万吨,预计拥有矿山寿命37年。Equinox计划于未来5年内扩大Lumwana矿产铜量至26万吨。
此外,Equinox于沙特阿拉伯的Jabal Sayid项目公开的预计每年平均铜产量为6万吨,计划于2012年内投产。
http://www.reuters.com/article/2 ... tionNews&rpc=43
(Reuters) - Equinox (EQN.AX)(EXT.TO) extended its $4.8 billion bid for Lundin Mining (LUN.TO) and postponed a vote on the deal by two weeks on Tuesday, awaiting a formal $6.5 billion takeover offer from China's Minmetals Resources (1208.HK).
Minmetals, China's biggest metals trading firm, unveiled plans to launch a C$7 a share bid for Equinox on Monday, chasing Equinox's copper assets in Zambia and Saudi Arabia.
Equinox said it was considering the proposal and would update investors on it "in the coming days."
It postponed a shareholder vote on the Lundin deal to April 26 to give investors time to consider the board's and any other recommendations on Minmetals' C$7 a share offer and the Lundin deal before they have to vote.
Equinox's Toronto-listed shares closed up 32 percent at C$7.55 on Monday, indicating investors are holding out for a higher bid.
The jump in Equinox's shares bolstered the value of its offer for Lundin to C$8.92 a share, but also made it less likely that Equinox would go ahead with its bid.
Equinox has been chasing Lundin for its Neves Corvo copper-zinc mine in Portugal and its 24.75 percent stake in the massive Tenke Fungurume copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Lundin rejected Equinox's offer and last week flagged it was looking for a white knight or knights to trump Equinox.
With Equinox receiving the unsolicited bid from Minmetals, investors trimmed their bets on a takeover battle erupting for Lundin, sending Lundin's shares down 4 percent to C$8 on Monday, well below the value of Equinox's offer.
(Reporting by Sonali Paul; Editing by Ed Davies)
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