万向集团竞购A123获胜

A Chinese car parts maker has won an auction for bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems in yet a further example of success in international dealmaking by Chinese groups.

中国汽车零部件厂商万向集团(Wanxiang Group)竞拍破产电池厂商A123 Systems资产赢得胜利，成为中国企业在国际并购领域的又一成功案例。

Tim Pohl of Lazard, the lead banker advising A123 on its sale, said Wanxiang Group bid about $260m to win the auction for the battery maker, which supplies electric cars, but that the sale still required the approval of the Delaware court where the company filed for bankruptcy.

投资银行Lazard的蒂姆·波尔(Tim Pohl)表示，万向集团凭借2.6亿美元的出价成功竞得为电动汽车供应产品的A123资产，但出售仍需得到公司破产申请地特拉华州法院的批准。波尔是为此次出售提供咨询服务的牵头银行家。

A123 would formally submit the result to the court for approval tomorrow, he added. The sale will also require the approval of Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.

波尔补充称，A123明天将正式向法院提交出售结果，以待法院批准。出售还需得到美国海外投资委员会(Committee on Foreign Investment)的批准。

The parties involved were optimistic about getting these approvals, a person close to the situation said.

一位据接近此次出售的知情人士表示，当事方对交易获批表示乐观。

The move comes after Cnooc, the Beijing-backed oil group, on Friday secured Canadian approval for its bid for Nexen, the biggest Chinese M and A deal on record.

此前，有中国政府背景的石油集团中海油(Cnooc)收购尼克森(Nexen)一案已于上周五获得了加拿大政府的批准。这是有记录以来中国企业实施的最大一笔并购交易。

China M and A in the year to December 7 reached $145bn, a record in any year by this point, according to Thomson Reuters.

汤森路透(Thomson Reuters)称，在截至12月7日的一年中，中国企业并购额达到1450亿美元，超过以往任何年份的同期记录。

In October, A123, which was awarded a $249m grant from the US government, became the latest stimulus-backed company to file for bankruptcy, prompting attacks on President Barack Obama’s support for emerging energy technologies.

今年10月，A123成为最新一家得到刺激资金支持却仍然申请破产的公司，使得美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)对新兴能源的支持遭遇抨击。此前，A123曾获得美国政府2.49亿美元的拨款。

In October, A123 said it was seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection “to provide for an orderly sale of its operations.

A123于10月表示公司正在根据美国《破产法》第十一章申请破产保护，以“有序地出售公司业务。

The company had before the bankruptcy attempted to secure a rescue deal with Wanxiang.

在破产之前，该公司曾试图与万向集团达成救助交易。