FT中文网 - Philip Green pays himself £1.2bn dividend

英国零售巨头老板给自己发放12亿英镑股息
Philip Green pays himself £1.2bn dividend
零售集团阿卡迪亚(Arcadia)老板菲利普•格林(Philip Green)周四透露，他已给自己发放12亿英镑股息。这一数字是阿卡迪亚年营业利润的三倍多。
Philip Green, the owner of Arcadia revealed on Thursday he has paid himself a £1.2bn dividend more than three times the retail group’s annual operating profits
格林先生控制着阿卡迪亚92%的股权。阿卡迪亚零售集团将向全部股东支付总额13亿英镑股息。哈利法克斯苏格兰银行(HBOS)将得到剩余部分的股息。在2002年格林先生出资8.5亿英镑收购阿卡迪亚时，该银行曾帮助他进行融资。
Arcadia Group, in which Mr Green controls 92 per cent of the shares, will pay a total £1.3bn in dividends to shareholders. HBOS, which helped finance Mr Green’s £850m takeover of Arcadia in 2002, will receive the remainder of the payout.
支付这笔巨额股息之前的一周，格林先生旗下另一家零售集团BHS公布了全年业绩，当时他决定不给自己分红。这笔巨额股息将由集团的运营债务提供资金，而集团运营负债在8月底已从去年的2.658亿英镑飙升至13.5亿英镑。
The huge payout comes a week after Mr Green declined to pay himself a dividend following full-year results from BHS, the retail group he also owns. It will be financed from group operational debt which shot up from £265.8m last year to £1.35bn at the end August.
格林先生这笔横财的消息传出时，阿卡迪亚公布，集团扣除商誉前的运营利润增长了10%，达3.261亿英镑，销售额为17.7亿英镑。在至8月27日的一年里，集团同店销售增长1.3%。格林先生三年前收购了阿卡迪亚，使自己成为全英国最富有的私人老板。
News of the windfall came as Arcadia, which Mr Green bought three years ago to make him the UK’s wealthiest private businessman, reported a 10 per cent increase in operating profits before goodwill to £326.1m on sales of £1.77bn. Like-for-like sales rose 1.3 per cent in the year to August 27.
集团表示，英国商业零售市场状况仍“富于挑战，且竞争极其激烈”。集团同时披露，自8月底以来，营业额已比去年同期增长了3%。
The group said conditions on the UK high street remained “challenging and extremely competitive” as it revealed turnover since the end of August had risen 3 per cent compared to the same period a year ago.
格林先生在声明中表示：“这一业绩给了我们支付股息的信心，而且更重要的是，它让我们有信心保持高水平的业务投资。”
“This performance has given us the confidence to both pay the dividend and, more importantly, continue the high level of investment in the business,’’ Mr Green said in the statement.
格林先生去年试图收购玛莎百货(Marks and Spencer)未果。在他获得这笔新的巨额资金后，外界对其意图的疑问很可能越来越大。
Mr Green, who failed in his attempt to buy Marks and Spencer last year, is likely to face growing questions about his intentions following his latest windfall.
这位企业家已建立起一个零售业王国，囊括了英国零售市场上一些最著名的企业。去年格林先生对玛莎百货提出了91亿英镑的指示收购报价，但由于未能获得董事会支持，最后被迫放弃。
The entrepreneur has built a retail empire that includes some of the most familiar names on the UK high street. Last year he was forced to walk away from a bid for Marks and Spencer after failing to receive the backing of the board for his £9.1bn indicative offer.
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