火星購買皇家canin－中華民國關愛動物保護協會

火星購買皇家canin

July 10, 2001 Posted: 1030 GMT 2001年7月10日發布時間： 1030格林威治標準時間

LONDON (CNN) -- US candy and pet-food maker Mars agreed on Tuesday to buy control of French pet-food maker Royal Canin for 819 million euros ($700 million).倫敦（有線電視新聞網） -美國糖果和寵物食品製造商火星同意對週二購買控制法國的寵物食品製造商皇家c anin為八億一千九萬歐元（ 7億美元）。

Royal Canin Chief Executive Henri Lagarde said in a statement Mars agreed to buy 56.4 percent of Royal Canin for皇家canin行政長官亨利•拉嘉德在一份聲明中說火星上同意購買56.4 ％的皇家canin為 145 a share, a 29 percent premium over Canin's average share price last month. 145份額， 29 ％的溢價比為canin的平均每股價格在上個月。

The closely held US company, based in McLean, Virginia, is already the market leader in European pet food, with almost half of the market.密切舉行的美國公司，總部設在麥克林，弗吉尼亞州，已是市場的領導者，歐洲寵物食品，幾乎有一半的市場份額。 It is buying the Royal Canin stake from French bank BNP Paribas.這是購買皇家canin的股份由法國興業銀行，法國巴黎銀行。

The transaction will combine the Pedigree dog food and Whiskas cat food of Mars with Royal Canin's products such as Natural Blend and Sensible Choice.此次交易將結合系譜狗食和偉嘉貓糧的火星與皇家canin的產品，如天然配方和明智的選擇。 Royal Canin ( PREX ) is strong in the premium dry pet-food market, while the main Mars pet products are wet, tinned pet food.皇家canin （ prex ）是在強烈的保費，幹寵物食品市場，而主要火星寵物產品是濕，罐頭寵物食品。

Shares in Royal Canin were suspended on Monday at股票在皇家canin被停職就在週一 122.70 amid speculation about a bid. 122.70中的投機活動有關的競標價格。 The deal values Royal Canin at這筆交易的價值在皇家canin 1.51 billion. 1510000000 。 The French company will become part of the Mars European unit Masterfoods if the transaction is approved by the European Union's antitrust body.法國公司將成為一部分火星歐洲股masterfoods如果交易是通過歐洲聯盟的反托拉斯機構。

Pet food, which represents a $30 billion market worldwide, has increasingly become an area of interest for multinational food and consumer-goods companies such as Swiss-based Nestle and Procter & Gamble ( PG : Research , Estimates ) of the US寵物食品，代表了300億美元，市場遍及全球，已越來越成為一個感興趣的區域，跨國食品和消費商品公司，例如總部設在瑞士的雀巢公司和寶潔（ Procter ＆ Gamble ：研究，估計數）的美國

Last year, P&G bought specialty pet-food concern Iams and took the Iams brand out of specialty pet stores into 25,000 US supermarkets.去年，寶潔公司購買了專業寵物食品的關注iams了iams品牌走出專業寵物店到25000 ，美國的超級市場。