U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc is in exclusive talks to take SOHO...
) private in a $4 billion deal, said two sources, in one of its biggest bets yet on the Chinese market.
The price represents an almost 100% premium to the HK$3.03 average price of SOHO China’s shares in January.The details of privatising SOHO China, founded in 1995 by chairman Pan Shiyi and his wife Zhang Xin, are expected to be finalised in the coming weeks, said the people, declining to be identified as they were not authorized to speak to media.
China’s office rental sector is expected to come under strain from the economic impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak, although surveys have shown most investors so far expect the sector to bounce back rapidly. Buying the company is simpler than acquiring its properties individually and would provide Blackstone with more certainty in completing a transaction, said both people.
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