吉百利静观卡夫食品举动
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UK confectioner Cadbury will soon find out if it will be the target of a hostile bid by would-be US suitor Kraft Foods.

英国糖果商吉百利不久将会查明自己是否已被美国卡夫食品恶意收购。

Cadbury produces some of the UK
Cadbury produces some of the UK's best-known chocolate bars

Under Takeover Panel rules, Kraft has until 1700 GMT on Monday to make a new offer or walk away for six months.

Reports in UK newspapers have suggested Kraft will make a hostile bid directly to shareholders2, and Cadbury will resist the approach.

Cadbury in September rejected an approach worth £10.2bn from Kraft.

Kraft's original approach was worth 745 pence per Cadbury share, though the cash-and-stock offer has since declined in value because of a drop in the value of Kraft's shares.

Kraft's bid was for 300p in cash and 0.2589 new Kraft shares for each Cadbury share, so the offer is worth about 720p now.

But shares in Cadbury have risen about 30% since late August, and are now 758p a share.

Cadbury has said the original Kraft offer "fundamentally undervalued" the firm and that it would prefer to remain independent.

The Sunday Telegraph reported Cadbury chairman Roger Carr has met most of the company's top 50 shareholders in London and New York to persuade them against Kraft's offer.

'Unappealing'

Mr Carr previously3 said in a letter to Kraft chief executive Irene Rosenfeld "Cadbury would be absorbed into Kraft's low growth, conglomerate4(凝聚,集合) business model" and that made the offer is an "unappealing prospect5".

The Telegraph reported that 820p a share would be a "starting point" for discussions with Kraft, according to some Cadbury shareholders.

The confectionary(糖果) maker6 last month reported higher-than expected sales for the third quarter, raising pressure on Kraft to up its bid.

It also raised its forecast for revenue this year to "around the middle" of its previous guidance of 4-6% growth.

As well as Dairy Milk, Cadbury also owns the Green & Black's chocolate brand, Halls lozenges(菱形), Trident and Dentyne gum brands and liquorice(甘草) allsorts(什锦糖混合物) maker Bassett's.

It spun7 off(作为副产品而生产) its drinks division as a separate business last year.

Kraft's brands include Kenco and Maxwell House coffee, Oreo biscuits, Jacobs, Terry's Chocolate Orange and Toblerone, as well as cheese products such as Philadelphia and Dairylea.

Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest men, has said the Cadbury offer is "pretty full" as it is.

Mr Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway is the biggest shareholder1 in Kraft.



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1 shareholder VzPwU     
n.股东,股票持有人
参考例句:
  • The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
  • A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。
2 shareholders 7d3b0484233cf39bc3f4e3ebf97e69fe     
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
  • the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
3 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
4 conglomerate spBz6     
n.综合商社,多元化集团公司
参考例句:
  • The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
  • An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。
5 prospect P01zn     
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
参考例句:
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
6 maker DALxN     
n.制造者,制造商
参考例句:
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
7 spun kvjwT     
v.纺,杜撰,急转身
参考例句:
  • His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
  • Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。
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