中国忠旺拟收购美国铝制品企业

A controversial Chinese metals entrepreneur plans to acquire Aleris, a privately held American rolled aluminium products producer, for $1.11bn in cash plus $1.22bn in net debt.

一位引发争议的中国金属制品企业家计划以11.1亿美元现金外加约12.2亿美元净债务收购私有的美国铝压延产品生产商Aleris。

The buyer Liu Zhongtian is the founder of China Zhongwang, a Hong Kong-listed, mainland based company that makes and exports aluminium products.

买家刘忠田是中国忠旺(China Zhongwang)创始人，中国忠旺是一家在香港上市的内地公司，主要制造和出口铝产品。

Mr Liu has been controversial since Zhongwang’s 2009 Hong Kong IPO, most recently for allegations that the company was primarily responsible for flooding world markets with Chinese aluminium products, writes Lucy Hornby in Beijing.

自2009年忠旺在香港首次公开发行(IPO)以来，关于刘忠田一直都存在争议，其最近受到的指控是，该公司要对中国铝制品潮水般涌入国际市场负首要责任。

The Hong Kong listed firm was also accused last summer by a previously-unknown short seller of inflating sales.

去年夏天，香港上市的中国忠旺还被一家此前不为人知的做空机构指责进行虚假销售。

Mr Liu will acquire Aleris through his investment company, Zhongwang USA, his statement said.

刘忠田在一份声明中表示，他将通过旗下投资公司忠旺美国(Zhongwang USA)收购Aleris。

Aleris was formed from several metals and recycling firms.

Aleris当初由多家金属制品和回收公司组建而成。

It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009, brought down by the global financial crisis and heavy debt taken out by its private equity owners.

在全球金融危机以及公司私人股本所有者负担的沉重债务的冲击下，Aleris在2009年宣布进入美国破产法第11章(Chapter 11)的破产保护程序。