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        法国班轮巨头达飞海运(CMA CGM)已承诺收购Bolloré集团的运输和物流业务 - Bolloré物流。

 

        达飞海运表示，在4月18日宣布的排他性谈判后，它已向Bolloré集团授予了 "认沽期权"，以出售Bolloré物流，后者接受了这一期权。该集团在4月表示，达飞海运的报价是以50亿欧元的无现金/无债务企业价值为基础的。

 

        然而，Bolloré集团最近表示，由于双方同意的调整，在计算完成日期的债务和现金之前，收购价格将达到46.50亿欧元。

 

        交易的最终完成仍需经过员工代表的审查，然后再获得常规的监管部门批准。

        达飞海运解释说，其物流活动和Bolloré物流的合并业务将有大约240亿美元的合并收入（基于2022年的结果）。

        继收购Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services公司和Colis Privé公司后，又收购了GEFCO公司，分别提高了CEVA在电子商务合同物流和汽车物流方面的能力，收购Bolloré Logistics公司将进一步加强该集团物流部门的海运和空运活动。合并后的实体将拥有相当于超过200万标准箱的海运和80万吨空运的年运输量。

        这项交易将为达飞海运现有的155,000名员工增加14,000多名新员工，他们在63个不同国家的350个办事处工作。

        达飞海运的仓库面积将增加90多万平方米，分布在115个不同的仓库，此外，CEVA在世界各地的900个仓库已经管理了1030万平方米的仓库。此次收购还将打开通往主要物流中心的通道，特别是在法国和亚洲。

        达飞海运称："随着Bolloré物流公司的加入，达飞海运集团及其子公司CEVA物流公司将在高价值领域获得更多的专业知识，包括海上和空中货运管理以及合同物流方面。Bolloré物流公司目前是为奢侈品、香水和化妆品、医疗保健、航空航天和国防部门提供运输和物流解决方案的全球领导者，"

         "即将加入达飞海运集团的专家们已经建立了一个顶级客户名册，包括法国工业界的一些顶级企业和其他领先的跨国公司，达飞海运物流将努力继续为其服务"。

        这笔交易将是达飞海运集团自1978年成立以来最大的一笔交易，也是该集团发展物流业务的一个重要战略里程碑，达飞海运集团自2019年以来，在原有达飞海运业务的基础上，一直在建立物流业务。

 

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CMA CGM moves forward with Bolloré Logistics acquisition deal

French liner heavyweight CMA CGM has committed to purchasing Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics operations – Bolloré Logistics.

CMA CGM said that it has granted ‘ a put option’ to Bollore Group to sell Bollore Logistics after exclusive negotiations announced on April 18, which the latter accepted. The group said in April that CMA CGM’s offer was made on the basis of a €5 billion cash-free/debt-free enterprise value.

However, in its latest update Bolloré Group said that as a result of adjustments agreed between the parties, the purchase price would amount to 4.650 billion euros, prior to calculating debt and cash on the completion date.

Final completion of the transaction remains subject to the examination by employee representation, and then to customary regulatory approvals.

CMA CGM explained that the combined operations of its logistics activities and Bolloré Logistics would have combined revenues of approximately $ 24 billion (based on 2022 results).

Following the acquisitions of Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services and Colis Privé, then of GEFCO, which boosted CEVA’s capabilities in eCommerce contract logistics and automotive logistics respectively, the acquisition of Bolloré Logistics would further strengthen the sea and air freight activities of the group’s logistics division. The combined entity would have an annual shipping volume equivalent to more than 2 million TEUs of sea freight and 0.8 million tons of air freight.

This deal would add more than 14,000 new employees operating out of 350 offices in 63 different countries to CMA CGM’s existing 155,000 employees.

CMA CGM’s warehouse space would increase by more than 900,000 square meters at 115 different warehouses, in addition to the 10.3 million square meters already managed by CEVA at its 900 warehouses around the world. The acquisition would also open up access to major logistics hubs, especially in France and Asia.

“With the addition of Bolloré Logistics, the CMA CGM Group and its subsidiary, CEVA Logistics, would gain further expertise in high-value sectors, both in sea and air freight management and in contract logistics. Bolloré Logistics is currently a world leader in transport and logistics solutions for the luxury goods, fragrances and cosmetics, healthcare, aerospace and defense sectors,” CMA CGM said.

“The experts set to join the CMA CGM Group have built up a roster of top-tier customers, including some of the top names in French industry and other leading multinationals, which CEVA Logistics would strive to continue serving.”

The deal would be the largest since the CMA CGM Group was founded in 1978 and would represent a major strategic milestone in the group’s development of its logistics activities, which CMA CGM has been building since 2019, alongside the original CMA CGM shipping business.