沃达丰(Vodafone)计划出售所持中国移动(China Mobile)3.2%的股份，此举突显出这家英国移动运营商抛弃所持少数股权的决心。
沃达丰已聘请罗斯柴尔德(Rothschild)负责股权出售事宜，根据中国移动的股价计算，这部分股权价值近68亿美元。
至少有部分出售所得有望返还股东，部分股东一直在向沃达丰施加压力，要求其放弃手中的少数股权。
据知情人士透露，罗斯柴尔德正在挑选券商，协助其通过定向配售，向投资者出售沃达丰所持中国移动的全部或部分股权。同时，沃达丰也在研究将股权出售给另一家电信集团的可能性。沃达丰与罗斯柴尔德均拒绝置评，而记者未能联系到中国移动对此发表评论。
沃达丰于2000和2002年分两批以近33亿美元收购了中国移动3.2%的股权，当时两家公司宣布建立战略联盟。然而，沃达丰试图影响中国移动技术选择的努力成效有限。
按市值和用户数计算，中国移动已经取代沃达丰，成为全球最大的移动运营商，用户总数接近5.59亿人。
今年7月份，沃达丰首席执行官维托里奥•柯拉奥(Vittorio Colao)在年度股东大会上平息了投资者的抗议行动，他示意自己正在积极寻求出售少数股权。
出售中国移动股权一直被视为最直截了当的选择，因为这些股票在香港和纽约上市。
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http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001034514
Vodafone is preparing to sell its 3.2 per cent shareholding in China Mobile, in a move that highlights the UK mobile phone group’s determination to dispose of its minority stakes.
The company has appointed Rothschild to supervise the sale of the stake, which is worth almost $6.8bn (€5.3bn) based on the Chinese mobile operator’s share price.
At least some of the proceeds are likely to be returned to shareholders, some of whom have been pressing Vodafone to dispose of its minority stakes.
People familiar with the situation said Rothschild was selecting brokers to facilitate the sale of all or part of Vodafone’s China Mobile stake through a placing with investors. Vodafone has also been examining the possibility of selling its stake to another telecoms group. Vodafone and Rothschild declined to comment, while China Mobile could not be reached.
Vodafone and China Mobile announced a strategic alliance when the UK group bought the 3.2 per cent stake in two tranches in 2000 and 2002 for almost $3.3bn. However, Vodafone’s efforts to influence China Mobile’s technology choices have only had limited success.
China Mobile has overtaken Vodafone to become the world’s largest mobile operator by market capitalisation and subscriber numbers. It has almost 559m customers.
Vittorio Colao, Vodafone’s chief executive, quelled a potentially large scale investor rebellion at the UK group’s annual meeting in July by signalling he was actively looking to sell its minority stakes.
The disposal of the China Mobile stake was always regarded as the most straightforward because the shares are listed in Hong Kong and New York.
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