Greene King to be sold to Hong Kong’s richest family for £2.7bn
Brewery adds to multibillionaire Li Ka-Shing’s stable of UK assets including Superdrug and Three
Hong Kong’s richest family is to buy the 220-year-old pub and beer company Greene King for £2.7bn, the equivalent of £1m for every one of its 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels.
The deal adds to the vast stable of UK businesses that are part of the sprawling global empire controlled by Li Ka-shing, the 91-year-old multibillionaire who also owns pharmacy chain Superdrug and mobile operator Three.
It also marks the second time this year that a time-honoured British brewer has been snapped up by an Asian buyer, after Fuller’s was sold to Japanese drinks giant Asahi for £250m.
Hong Kong’s Li Bets $3.3 Billion on Pubs Surviving Brexit
A year after taking the helm of Hong Kong’s biggest conglomerate from his father Li Ka-shing, Victor Li is making a $3.3 billion bet that Brexit won’t dent the value of U.K. pubs or the land under them.
根据公告，长实将支付27亿英镑现金，并承担Greene King 19亿英镑的债务，两者相加得出的46亿英镑，就是英国百年酒吧集团Greene King的最新估值。
27亿英镑的现金出资额，意味着李嘉诚家族将以每股850便士的收购价，买下Greene King全部股份。
这个价格与其上周五的收盘价相比，溢价了51%；与经调整的三个月成交量加权平均价相比，也溢价了43%。
李氏家族的英伦资产帝国
众所周知，李嘉诚家族旗下的长实集团于2017年卖掉了香港中环中心75%的权益，套现402亿港元，大约40亿英镑。
手握40亿英镑，长江实业于过去两年多次出手英国，频频参与竞购伦敦瑞银大楼、伦敦高盛大楼、伦敦桥洞商铺、西伦敦Earls Court大型地块等大型资产。
最后，长实终于把40亿英镑全花在了英国，斥资10亿英镑收购了伦敦瑞银大楼。；又在刚刚以27亿英镑买下了英国酒吧巨头。
李嘉诚家族撤资后重仓英国的事情已经是老生常谈了，经过多年的投资，长实集团已经成为英国最大的单一海外投资者，投资总额超过300亿英镑。
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