金融观察:北汽后发竞购欧宝金融英语考试
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北汽后发竞购欧宝
China s BAIC submits late Opel bid
Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation has submitted a late offer for General Motors European operations, formally putting the Chinese carmaker in the race against a front-running Russian-backed bid.
BAIC bid €660m ($920m) for a stake in GM s Opel unit before the deadline on Thursday night, three people close to the sale said yesterday.
The non-binding offer is the third received by GM in an unexpectedly tight race.
Magna International, the Canadian supplier that signed a memorandum of understanding with GM in May to buy 55 per cent with Russia s Sberbank, is still ahead. But a source close to GM described BAIC s approach as "credible and well-advised".
GM recently ramped up talks with rival suitors after tougher-than-expected talks with Magna, which signed a memorandum of understanding with GM in May to buy 55 per cent of the carmaker together with Russia s Sberbank.
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany s economics minister, has encouraged rival bids because of his reservations about Magna s offer, which most of his colleagues endorsed in late May. Opel s bail-out has become an election-year issue in Germany, where Magna has strong backing.
RHJ International, a Brussels-based industrial holding company linked to US buy-out group Ripplewood, has also made a non-binding offer. Fiat is also interested but pledged no cash for the stake.
BAIC, which is being advised by Deutsche Bank, made a last-minute expression of interest in late May.