Frasers Group Wants to Buy Accent Group
Frasers Group 欲收購 Accent Group
Introduction
Frasers Group from the UK wants to buy all of Accent Group in Australia.
來自英國的 Frasers Group 欲收購澳洲 Accent Group 的全部股份。
Main Body
Frasers Group offers 65 cents for each share. They want to pay about 315.8 million dollars. Frasers Group already owns some of the company.
Frasers Group 出價每股 65 分。他們計畫支付約 3.158 億美元。Frasers Group 目前已持有該公司部分股份。
Frasers Group is unhappy with the leaders of Accent Group. The leaders paid money to shareholders but the company made less profit. Also, the leaders did not open as many new stores as they promised.
Frasers Group 對 Accent Group 的領導層感到不滿。領導層雖然向股東支付了分紅，但公司獲利卻減少了。此外，領導層開設新門市的數量也未達到先前承諾的數量。
Now, the government is checking the CEO of Accent Group. They want to know if he did something illegal with shares. Frasers Group thinks the current leaders are not good for the business.
目前政府正在調查 Accent Group 的執行長。他們想確認其在股票交易方面是否有違法行為。Frasers Group 認為目前的領導層對業務發展不利。
Conclusion
The leaders of Accent Group are thinking about the offer. They have until June 30 to decide.
Accent Group 的領導層正在考慮此項要約。他們必須在 6 月 30 日前做出決定。
Vocabulary Learning
💰 Talking about Money and Ownership
In this text, we see how to describe who owns what and how much it costs.
The Word 'Own' If you have something, you own it.
- Example: Frasers Group already owns some of the company.
- Simple Pattern: [Person/Company] + owns + [Thing].
Price Patterns When we talk about buying parts of a company, we use these words:
- Offer To say how much you are willing to pay.
- Pay The act of giving money.
- Share A small piece of a company.
Quick Logic:
- Offer (The promise) Pay (The action) Own (The result).
Vocabulary for A2:
- Less (Not as much): The company made less profit.
- Current (Now): The current leaders are not good.