美国知名宠物用品公司Petco被收购

    食品伙伴网讯   据外媒报道，11月23日总部位于美国圣地亚哥的宠物用品公司Petco宣布，公司将被两家海外投资公司联手收购，收购金额为46亿美元。

    Petco公司专营各类宠物用品，目前共有1400多家连锁店，遍布美国、墨西哥和波多黎各。同时还经营一个走势强劲的网上宠物用品购物平台。

    新的买家为总部设在卢森堡的投资公司CVC Capital Partners和多伦多的加拿大退休基金投资委员会（CPPIB）。CVC的执行合伙人斯塔德勒（Chris Stadler）表示，他们看好Petco在未来的业务发展。

    部分原文报道如下：

    SAN DIEGO - San Diego-based Petco Animal Supplies Inc. announced Monday that it was purchased by a pair of overseas investing entities for $4.6 billion.

    Petco has been owned for 16 years by TPG and Leonard Green & Partners, investment and private equity firms based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively.

    The new owners, when the deal closes next year, will be CVC Capital Partners, based in Luxembourg, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, of Toronto.

    “Both CVC and CPPIB have outstanding track records and deep retail experience and resources that will help support our growth initiatives,” said Petco CEO James Myers.

    原文链接：<http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/11/23/petco-reaches-4-6-billion-deal/>