重磅！奇虎360完成私有化交易 退市纽交所

导读:下周一，奇虎360将正式从美国纽交所退市，其在国内的资本运作也将很快启动，一个千亿市值的公司即将在国内诞生。

Qihoo 360 technology Co. Ltd. is to be de-listed from the New York Stock exchange next Monday, one month earlier than a previously expected mid-August closing date for the private equity-backed take-private transaction, according to Chinese media reports.

据中国媒体报道：奇虎360下周一将从美国纽交所退市，比先前预计的八月中旬早一个月的时间，完成了私有化交易。

The departure from the New York bourse will mark the end of a 13-months process to complete the largest take-private deal of a U.S.-listed Chinese company.

离开纽交所标志着，在美上市的中国公司为期13个月、最大规模的私有化交易完成。

Back in June 2015, Qihoo 360 received a preliminary non-binding proposal from its founder and a group of investors to take it private in a deal that values the Chinese software firm at approximately US$9.3 billion.

追溯到2015年6月份，奇虎360收到来自创始人和一众投资者的初步非约束性私有化要约，这使这家中国软件公司的市值达到93亿美元。

Rumors soon emerged that the buyers, including chief executive Zhou Hongyi, CITIC Securities Co. Ltd., Golden Brick Capital Private Equity Fund I, China Renaissance Holdings Limited, and Sequoia Capital China I might lower their offering price as the Chinese stock market crashed last summer.

谣言瞬间四起：包括公司董事长周鸿祎、中信证券、华兴资本、金砖丝路资本控股(深圳)有限公司、红杉资本在内的买家，或因去年夏天中国股市的崩盘，而降低报价。

But investors held on to their original proposal, offering US$77 per American Depository Share (ADS) in cash, a premium of 16.6% to the company’s last closing price before the announcement.

但是投资者们依然坚持最初提案，以每股美国存托股77美元的现金价出售，溢价16.6%，这是该公司在此公告之前的最后一次收盘价。

Qihoo 360 raised US$175 million via an initial public offering in 2011, selling 12 million shares at US$14.5 per share.

奇虎360，2011首次公开发行上市，以每股14.5美元出售1200万股，共筹集了1亿7500万美元。