Australia's Santos 拒絶するs $5.1 bn 引き継ぎ/買収 企て,努力,提案

Australian oil and gas 生産者 Santos on Thursday 拒絶するd a Aus$7.1 billion (US$5.1 million) 引き継ぎ/買収 提案 from merchant bank and 投資 企業連合(する) Scepter Partners, which manages money for Asian and 湾-based 王室のs.

Santos, which has 火刑/賭けるs in oil and gas 生産/産物 in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Vietnam, has been 攻撃する,衝突する hard by a 急落(する),激減(する) in 天然のまま prices and 発表するd a 戦略の review to 支払う/賃金 負かす/撃墜する 負債 in August, 含むing かもしれない selling some 資産s.

But it said it was not 利益/興味d in the approach from Scepter, which 企て,努力,提案 Aus$6.88 cash for each Santos 株, a 26 パーセント 賞与金 on Wednesday's の近くにing price.

Santos shares soared more than 17 percent after the oil and gas producer was approached by bank and investment syndicate Scepter Partners with a takeover pro...

Santos 株 急に上がるd more than 17 パーセント after the oil and gas 生産者 was approached by bank and 投資 企業連合(する) Scepter Partners with a 引き継ぎ/買収 提案 ?Peter Parks (AFP/とじ込み/提出する)

The approach sent Santos 株 急に上がるing more than 17 パーセント to Aus$6.40 when the market opened Thursday.

"The 提案 is considered to be opportunistic in nature and does not 反映する the fair underlying 資産 value of the company," Santos said in a 声明, 明らかにする/漏らすing the indicative and 高度に 条件付きの 提案 was received Tuesday.

"The 提案 was also 支配する to 非常に/多数の 条件s, some of which would be 逆の to Santos’ continued evaluation of other 代案/選択肢s in its 現在の 戦略の review 過程."

Scepter is a direct 投資 商売/仕事 whose stakeholders 含む a standing 企業連合(する) of 判決,裁定 families, ultra-high-逮捕する-価値(がある) industrialists and 君主 wealth 基金s.

Its website says it 代表するs over US$14 billion in discretionary 資産s and more than US$100 billion in 逮捕する 価値(がある) of 核心 stakeholders.

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