【英语财经】培生以4.69亿英镑出售所持经济学人集团股份 Pearson sells Economist stake for ￡469m

Pearson has agreed to sell its stake in the publisher of the Economist magazine for ￡469m in cash, as it continues its push to focus on education assets.

The deal will see Exor, the investment vehicle of the Agnelli family, pay ￡287m for most of Pearson's stake – making it the single largest shareholder in the Economist Group, writes Henry Mance.

The Economist Group will purchase the remainder of Pearson's stake for ￡182m, increasing the holdings of all the current shareholders – such as the de Rothschild, Schroeder and Cadbury families – by 25 per cent. It will sell its Modernist headquarters in London's St James's area to help fund the deal.

The agreement comes after Pearson announced the sale of the Financial Times and related titles to Japanese business publisher Nikkei for ￡844m last month.

In 2014, The Economist Group contributed ￡21m to Pearson's operating income.

培生集团(Pearson)已同意以4.69亿英镑的价格，出售所持《经济学人》(The Economist)杂志出版商的股份，交易将以现金方式完成。目前，培生正继续致力于将重心放在教育类资产上。

阿涅利(Agnelli)家族的投资工具Exor将支付2.87亿英镑，购入培生所持的多数股份，并将因此成为经济学人集团(Economist Group)的第一大股东。

经济学人集团将以1.82亿英镑的价格，收购培生所持的其余股份，从而把该集团所有现有股东的持股比例提高25%。这些股东包括罗斯柴尔德家族(Rothschild)、施罗德家族(Schroeder)和卡德伯里家族(Cadbury)。经济学人集团将出售其位于伦敦圣詹姆斯区的现代派总部大楼，以筹措部分购股资金。

培生上月宣布，将英国《金融时报》及相关刊物以8.44亿英镑的价格出售给日本商务出版商日本经济新闻社(Nikkei)。

2014年，经济学人集团为培生贡献了2100万英镑的营业利润。

译者/简易