-- Intertek集團（ITRK.L）再次拒絕了瑞典私募股權巨頭EQT（EQT.ST）最新修訂的收購要約，稱這項主動提出的有條件收購要約「嚴重低估」了公司及其未來前景。 消息公佈後，Intertek股價週五中午在倫敦下跌3%，而EQT股價在斯德哥爾摩下跌不到1%。 根據週五發布的消息，EQT透過其EQT X EUR SCSp和EQT X USD SCSp基金提交了一份更優的收購方案，擬以每股58英鎊的現金收購這家總部位於英國的品質保證服務提供商。此前，Intertek董事會「一致且明確地」拒絕了EQT先前提出的每股54英鎊和51.50英鎊的收購要約。 Intertek表示，其董事會「仔細審查」了進一步改進的意向性報價，並得出結論：該報價未能反映集團的價值，且存在相當大的執行風險。 Intertek表示：「董事會仍然堅信，4月14日宣布的戰略評估——旨在評估通過出售或分拆的方式將Intertek能源與基礎設施業務從Intertek測試與認證業務中剝離——將為Intertek股東帶來巨大的價值創造機會。此次戰略評估和剝離工作能夠得到妥善管理，以最大限度地為股東創造價值，並最大限度地減少價值流失。」 關於策略評估，Intertek補充道，公司將優先考慮以出售為導向的流程，並指出其能源和基礎設施業務已經引起了潛在買家的興趣。 同時，知情人士向彭博新聞透露，Intertek的多位主要股東，包括PineStone Asset Management，在最新收購要約遭到拒絕後，呼籲該公司與EQT展開公開談判。據報道，一些投資者還希望EQT能將報價提高到每股60英鎊，而Intertek可能更願意考慮這一價格。
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