上海2013年11月25日电 /美通社/ -- 巨人网络集团有限公司（纽交所交易代码：GA）（以下称“巨人”或“公司”），是中国领先的网络游戏开发商和运营商之一。巨人今天宣布其董事会（以下称“董事会”）收到来自公司主席史玉柱先生（及其某些关联公司），以及霸菱亚洲投资（Baring Private Equity Asia）的一个附属公司所组成的财团（以下一并称为“财团”）于2013年11月25日发起的不具约束力的初步私有化要约。根据该要约书，财团计划以每股普通股或每股美国存托股（“存托股”，公司每一股存托股代表一股普通股）11.75美元现金的价格收购公司所有发行在外的普通股（包括公司存托股所代表的普通股）。
截至2013年11月25日，该财团成员总计实益拥有公司总股本的约47.2%。
该要约书中称，该要约仅为初步意向，交易的最终条款还将取决于谈判及签署后的交易文件。
董事会（不包括史玉柱先生）正在考量并评估该财团的要约。公司预计董事会将采取多种程序和方式来充分合理地评估要约同时保障与财团无关联的公司股东的利益，包括由与财团没有关联且非公司管理层的独立董事成立特别委员会来评估要约，并在适当的情况下就此进行谈判，同时也考虑公司的其他战略选择。公司提请其股东及其他考虑交易公司股票的实体或个人注意：董事会刚收到该项要约，目前尚未就公司对要约的回应作出任何决定。目前无法保证该财团或其他实体是否会给出最终要约，或就该拟议中的交易签署任何最终协议，或该拟议中的交易或任何其他交易会被批准完成。
根据该要约书，美国威尔逊律师事务所是史玉柱先生和财团的美国法律顾问、威嘉国际律师事务所是霸菱亚洲投资的美国法律顾问、而美国美迈斯律师事务所是公司的美国法律顾问。
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