據安迅思新加坡9月21日消息，沙特工業投資集團(SIIG)和沙特阿拉伯國家石油化工公司(Petrochem)已開始就潛在的合并進行談判，重啟了9年前設想的一項計劃。

9月17日，Petrochem董事會批準與SIIG進行初步談判，以研究合并兩家公司的經濟可行性。SIIG主要從事工業投資活動，特別是石油化工領域的投資。

SIIG擁有Petrochem 50%的股份，Petrochem控制著沙特聚合物公司和海灣聚合物分銷公司65%的股份。沙特聚合物公司在朱拜勒工業城每年生產170多萬噸聚合物，由海灣聚合物公司銷售。

Petrochem在周日提交給沙特證交所的一份文件中表示：“目前尚未就潛在交易的最終結構達成協議。還應注意的是，參與這些談判并不一定意味著雙方將達成交易。”SIIG公布2019年全年凈利潤為6.063億里亞爾(1.62億美元)，而Petrochem公布凈利潤為6.745億里亞爾。

張春曉 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：Saudi Industrial Investment Group, Petrochem start merger talks

The Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) and Saudi Arabia’s National Petrochemical Co (Petrochem) have started talks over a potential merger, reviving a plan conceived nine years ago.

Petrochem's board of directors approved on 17 September to pursue initial talks with SIIG to "study the economic feasibility of merging the two companies".

SIIG mainly engages in industrial investment activities, particularly in petrochemicals.

It has a 50% stake in Petrochem, which controls 65% of the Saudi Polymers Company and of Gulf Polymers Distribution Company.

Saudi Polymers produces more than 1.7m tonnes/year of polymers at the Jubail Industrial City, which are marketed by Gulf Polymers.

"No agreement has yet been reached on the final structure of the potential deal. It should also be noted that entering into these discussions does not necessarily mean that the deal will take place between the two parties," Petrochem said in a filing to the Saudi bourse Tadawul on Sunday.

SIIG posted a full-year 2019 net income of Saudi riyal (SR) 606.3m ($162m), while Petrochem posted net income of SR674.5m.