据彭博新闻社2019年12月9日报道,知情人士说,马来西亚国家石油公司(马国油/Petronas)日前通过减持3家上市公司的股份已筹集到了大约60亿林吉特(14亿美元)的资金。
据知情人士披露,马国油减持了其旗下零售子公司Petronas Dagangan Bhd、天然气运输公司Petronas gas Bhd以及航运公司MISC Bhd的股份。据《人物》杂志报道。这些因信息保密而要求匿名采访的知情人士说,配股已在周一执行。马国油在一份声明中表示,已经完成了这些上市子公司的大笔交易,但没有透露筹集了多少资金。
根据彭博社汇编的数据,这些抛售将成为马来西亚有史以来规模最大的大笔交易之一。马国油在国内完成了一个价值270亿美元的炼油和石化项目,目前正在筹集资金,为海外扩张提供资金。
马国油在声明中表示,大块交易的目标客户是马来西亚的机构基金,以便让更多的本地投资者参与和拥有这些上市公司。马国油表示该公司仍将保留其在两家公司中的控股权,这两家公司仍将是其子公司。
马国油首席执行官阿里芬在4月份接受采访时曾说,马国油计划把未来资本支出的更大部分用于美洲项目。
李峻 编译自 彭博社
原文如下:
Petronas Raises $1.4 Billion
Petroliam Nasional Bhd. has raised about 6 billion ringgit ($1.4 billion) by cutting its stakes in three listed units, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Malaysia’s state oil company reduced its holdings in retail subsidiary Petronas Dagangan Bhd., natural gas transporter Petronas Gas Bhd. and shipping company MISC Bhd., according to the people. The share placements were executed Monday, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Petronas said in a statement it completed block trades in these companies, without saying how much it raised.
The selldowns will rank among the biggest-ever block trades in Malaysia, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Petronas is raising capital to fund overseas expansion after finishing up a $27 billion refinery and petrochemicals project at home.
Petronas said in the statement the block trades were marketed to Malaysian institutional funds to allow for more local participation and ownership in these listed companies. It still retains its controlling stakes in the firms, which will continue to be its subsidiaries, it said.
It plans to allocate a larger share of its future capital expenditure to projects in the Americas, Chief Executive Officer Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin said in an April interview.