烟草在线据《烟业通讯》报道编译　　菲利普莫里斯国际公司将收购墨西哥Grupo Carso公司持有的菲莫墨西哥（PMM）20%的股份，收购价大约为7亿美元。收购价格将根据截至收购结束的两个财政年度之后的三年内菲莫墨西哥公司的业绩进行调整。

　　这项交易，将使菲莫国际拥有菲莫墨西哥公司100%的股份，在获得墨西哥反垄断机构的批准后，预计将于2013年9月30日完成。

　　菲莫国际与Grupo Carso公司及其创始人卡洛斯·斯利姆·赫鲁（Carlos Slim Helú）的关系跨越30年以上。菲莫国际的首席执行官Andre Calantzopoulos说：“我们要向卡洛斯·斯利姆·赫鲁以及Grupo Carso公司表达我们深切的谢意，我们与他们建立了成功的合作伙伴关系，并且使菲莫墨西哥公司成为墨西哥领先的烟草公司。”

　　“我们已经大大受益于我们与Grupo Carso公司的合作，在未来，我们相信我们有能力在这个重要的市场保持卓越，”菲莫国际的拉丁美洲和加拿大地区总裁詹姆斯·莫特森（James Mortensen）补充说。

　　“在保持了30多年非常和谐的成功的伙伴关系与合作之后，这种关系使菲莫墨西哥公司在墨西哥烟草市场一直保持市场份额的增长，现在是时候把它交给由路易斯·C.金瑞利和André Calantzopoulos领导的世界上最好的管理团队和组织手中了，” 斯利姆·赫鲁说，它同时也是菲莫国际的董事会的成员。

　　在2012年，菲莫墨西哥公司拥有墨西哥336亿支卷烟市场的73.5%的份额。菲莫国际的旗舰品牌万宝路是墨西哥的领导品牌，2012年在当地的市场份额达到53.6%。

US: PMI Buys Remaining Shares of PM Mexico

　　Philip Morris International will buy Grupo Carso's 20 percent share in Philip Morris Mexico (PMM)) for approximately $700 million. The purchasing price is subject to a potential adjustment based on PMM's performance over three years ending two fiscal years after the closing of the purchase.

　　The transaction, which will give PMI a 100 percent share in PMM, is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2013, subject to the approval of the Mexican antitrust authority.

　　PMI's relationship with Grupo Carso, and its founder Carlos Slim Helú, spans more than 30 years. "We would like to express our profound gratitude to Carlos Slim Helú and Grupo Carso, with whom we have built a successful partnership that has positioned PMM as the leading tobacco company in Mexico," said André Calantzopoulos, CEO of PMI.

　　"We have benefited greatly from our partnership with Grupo Carso and we remain confident in our ability to excel in this important market in the years ahead," added James Mortensen, PMI's president, Latin America and Canada Region.

　　"After more than 30 years of a very successful partnership of great harmony and cooperation that led PMM to continuous market share growth in the Mexican tobacco market, it is now time to leave PMM in the hands of one of the best management teams and organizations in the world, led by Louis C. Camilleri and André Calantzopoulos," said Slim Helú, who is also a member of PMI's board of directors.

　　In 2012, PPM held a 73.5 percent share of Mexico's 33.6 billion-stick cigarette market. PMI's flagship brand, Marlboro, is the leading brand in Mexico with a 2012 market share of 53.6 percent. Enditem