大連萬達(dá)鯨吞美國AMC 成全球最大電影院線公司

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Corp. has struck a deal to buy cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings, one of the year’s biggest deals by an Asian company into the U.S.

Wanda will pay $2.6 billion for the company, which is currently privately-owned by investors including Apollo Global Management, Bain Capital, Carlyle Group, CCMP Capital Advisors and Spectrum Equity Investors.

Wanda owns commercial properties across China, and has interests in hospitality and retail, including partnerships with hotel groups such as Accor, Starwood and Hilton, according to a statement from the company. It has been investing in the cultural industry since 2005, and is involved in film distribution and production. It said it made a profit of about $16.7 billion in 2007.

According to Dealogic, the deal is the largest M&A transaction in the leisure and recreation sector this year, and the fourth-largest Asia outbound M&A deal, excluding Japan, beating an investment in January by China Petrochemical Corp. into Devon Energy Corp.’s shale gas assets in the U.S. for $2.5 billion. It also lifts China outbound volume to $16.8 billion year-to-date, up 6% from the same period last year.

The deal is the latest in the movie industry between the U.S. and China. Last week, News Corp. which owns 20th Century Fox film studio, bought a 19.9% stake in one of China’s largest film distributors, Bona Film Group Ltd., directly from the firm’s founder and Chief Executive Yu dong. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

In addition, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said in February it would form a joint venture with state-owned China Media Capital and Shanghai Media Group Inc.

滬江英語快訊：5月21日，大連萬達(dá)與全球第二大院線集團AMC簽署并購協(xié)議，包括購買100%股權(quán)和承擔(dān)債務(wù)兩部分，并購交易金額高達(dá)26億美元。萬達(dá)集團收購AMC后，將成為全球規(guī)模最大的電影院線運營商。雖然有業(yè)界人士曾認(rèn)為此次收購相當(dāng)于一場“蛇吞象”的交易，但也有專家認(rèn)為，這次收購對萬達(dá)直接進入北美市場，在電影發(fā)行、制作上也提供了更多的可能性，也有利萬達(dá)抬高股價，為上市制造題材。

延伸閱讀：

美國AMC影院公司為世界排名第二的院線集團，2011年收入約25億美元，觀影人數(shù)約2億，員工總數(shù)2萬人左右。AMC公司旗下?lián)碛?46家影院，共計5028塊屏幕。其中IMAX屏幕120塊，3D屏幕2170塊，是全球最大的IMAX和3D屏幕運營公司。AMC公司擁有的影院集中在北美大型城市中心地帶，擁有北美票房最多的前50家影院中的23家。

大連萬達(dá)集團創(chuàng)立于1988年，形成商業(yè)地產(chǎn)、高級酒店、旅游投資、文化產(chǎn)業(yè)、連鎖百貨五大產(chǎn)業(yè)。截至2011年，企業(yè)資產(chǎn)2200億元，年收入1051億元，年納稅163億元，已經(jīng)是中國民營企業(yè)的龍頭企業(yè)。萬達(dá)從2005年開始大規(guī)模投資文化產(chǎn)業(yè)，已進入中央文化區(qū)、大型舞臺演藝、電影制作放映、連鎖文化娛樂、中國字畫收藏五個行業(yè)。萬達(dá)文化產(chǎn)業(yè)投資已超過100億元，成為中國文化產(chǎn)業(yè)投資額最大的企業(yè)。