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处境困难的日本三洋电机有限公司12月9日宣布，投资银行高盛集团将出资231.5亿日圆（约合1.92亿美元）收购其金融子公司的33.3％的股份。
据路透社12月9日报道，三洋电机有限公司（简称三洋电机）是日本第3大消费类电子产品制造商。当日它还宣布，公司计划与某企业合组电视制造联盟，该企业的制造基地在亚洲。但它没有透露这个合作伙伴的名字。
三洋电机拥有三洋电机信贷公司52.36％的股份，并一直急于卖掉其中的部分，从盈亏表中剔除这个金融子公司3400亿日圆（约合28.2亿美元）的有息债务。此举被看作是三洋电机重组过程中的关键一步。
此外，三洋电机还在裁减其亏损中的芯片及家用电器生产部门。
依照双方协议，高盛集团将按每股2000日圆（约合16.6美元）的价格收购三洋电机信贷公司的股票。这个价格比周五收盘时信贷公司每股2330日圆（约合19.3美元）的价格便宜了14％。三洋信贷公司的股票在当日收购决定公布之前曾暴涨了6.39％。
收购股票的交易将在12月22日最终完成。届时，高盛集团将成为三洋电机信贷公司的最大股东，三洋电机所占股份比例将跌至19.1％。
三洋电机信贷公司的业务包括向小型企业提供租赁业务以创造健康的现金流。但是财务预测显示，在截至明年3月份的本财政年度内，该公司的集团净亏损额为75亿日圆（约合6225万美元）。
三洋电工此前曾就股票交易与日本三井物产株式会社进行接洽，但会谈已于上月无果而终。三洋电工当时表示，已经收到了其他公司的报价，并且希望不迟于明年3月就完成交易。
三洋电工9日还宣布，将组建合资公司经营电视机业务。据《日本经济新闻》8日报道，三洋电工曾与世界第4大家用电器制造商、中国海尔集团接洽，希望建立合资企业并将家用电器生产转让给海尔。三洋电机拒绝就此报道发表评论。
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will spend 23.15 billion yen to take a 33.3 percent stake in the finance unit of Sanyo Electric Co. (6764.T), the struggling Japanese electronics maker said on Friday.
Sanyo Electric, Japan's third-largest consumer electronics maker, also said it would form an alliance in the TV business with a company whose manufacturing base is in Asia.
It did not give the name of the partner.
Sanyo Electric has been keen to sell part of its 52.36 percent stake in Sanyo Electric Credit Co. (8565.T) to remove the unit's 340 billion yen in interest-bearing debt from its strained balance sheet, seen as a key part of Sanyo Electric's restucturing.
It is also planning to downsize its loss-making chip and home appliance divisions.
Under the agreement, the U.S. investment bank will pay 2,000 yen a share, a 14 percent discount from Sanyo Electric Credit's Friday closing price of 2,330 yen. The shares jumped 6.39 percent on Friday before the announcement.
After the deal, to be completed on December 22, Goldman will become the top shareholder in the finance unit and Sanyo Electric's ownership will fall to 19.1 percent.
Sanyo Electric Credit provides leases to small businesses and generates healthy cash flow, but the unit is forecasting a group net loss of 7.5 billion yen in the year to March, hurt by large provisions for bad loans.
Sanyo Electric had been in talks with trading firm Mitsui & Co. (8031.T) on a stake sale, but the discussions ended last month. Sanyo said at the time that it had received offers from other firms and would complete a deal by March.
The sale to Goldman was expected as financial sources told Reuters on Thursday that Goldman was in final talks to buy a stake in Sanyo Electric Credit.
Separately, Sanyo said it would join with a company on TV operations.
The Nihon Keizai newspaper reported on Thursday that Sanyo was in talks with China's Haier Group, the world's fourth-largest appliance maker, to set up a joint venture and transfer production of home appliances to Haier.
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