Vodafone and Verizon Communications aim to put the finishing touches to a $130bn deal over the holiday weekend to unravel their US mobile phone joint venture as UK investors lick their lips at the prospect of a huge cash windfall.People familiar with the deal said that after about $5bn of tax and the transfer of Verizon’s stake in Vodafone Italy，which is valued at about $5bn，the UK group could receive about $120bn split equally between cash and equity in the US company.
沃达丰和Verizon电信整个周末都在计划推进两家公司近1300亿美元交易的完成，交易可将两家企业的移动电话合资企业分拆。据知情人士透露，在征收50亿美元税收以及将意大利沃达丰中Verison的股权转移之后，沃达丰这家英国企业可以获得Verizon大约1200亿美元的现金和股权。(金融时报)
这一交易将成为沃达丰自2000年斥资1800亿美元收购曼内斯曼以来规模最大的交易之一，凸显电信业不断变化的格局。
A deal，which the sources said could be announced as soon as Monday，would cap Verizon‘s decade-long effort to win full control of the No. 1 U.S. wireless provider.
消息人士表示，这项最快将在9月2日宣布达成的交易，将使Verizon结束长达十年的努力，从而完全控制这家全美第一的无线通信营运企业。(雅虎新闻)
这一项目曾被称为“秃鹫项目”。长期以来，两家集团一直围绕它的未来展开角力，Verizon不断增加对沃达丰的压力，要求其退出在美国的合资企业。由于交易撮合经历了漫长的对峙时期，因此，双方都希望尽快能有个结果。
The prospect of the third-largest merger and acquisitions deal in history would line investors’pockets as well as helping the UK economic recovery in what has been called a “massive quantitative easing injection”by people close to the talks.
这项史上第三大并购交易将使投资者腰包鼓起来的同时，也会帮助英国经济复苏，因此被接近交易的人士称为“巨大的量化宽松流动性注入”。(金融时报)
由于现金流入巨大，英国财政大臣奥斯本表示，将密切关注这一交易。有分析认为，投资者不仅会保留获得的现金，也会将这些资金购买其他股票，从而对英国经济有所裨益。
Vodafone’s 12-month dividend yield stands at 5.5 percent compared with an average of 5.1 percent for its European and UK peer group，according to Thomson Reuters data.
根据汤森路透的数据，沃达丰12个月的股息率为5.5%，而欧洲和英国同业的平均数据仅为5.1%。(CNBC)
While some investors relish the idea of a special dividend and buyback spree，others say Vodafone is selling its best asset and must reinvest much of the proceeds in the company’s future to avoid reliance on low-growth European markets.
一些投资者对于派发特别红利和回购计划表示赞赏，而另一些投资者则表示沃达丰正在出售其最好的资产，公司必须用所得为企业的未来进行再投资，以避免对处于低增长的欧洲市场的依赖。(CNBC)
沃达丰这一交易，将其持有的利润丰厚的美国移动通信业务股权转让给合资伙伴Verizon，或许意味着移动通信行业实力的重心正从欧洲转移到美洲。
Vodafone has increasingly diversified from its“pure play”mobile strategy in the last 18 months，buying British fixed-line operator Cable & Wireless Worldwide for $1.6 billion last year and German cable operator Kabel Deutschland for $10 billion in June，its largest deal for six years.It is also building a 1 billion euro fiber-optic network in Spain with France’s Orange.
在过去一年半内，沃达丰越来越远离其单一的移动电话业务战略，它去年以16亿美元购买了英国固定电话运营商Cable & Wireless Worldwide。今年6月，又以100亿美元购买了德国有线电视系统商Kabel Deutschland。公司还打算和法国橙公司共同在西班牙建设10亿欧元的光纤网络。(CNBC)
欧洲传统的移动电话业务正处于相对饱和状态，沃达丰作为老牌电信营运商势必重组其业务，以获得更大利润。
Vodafone’s shares yesterday rallied as much as 8 percent after the British telecommunications giant confirmed it had resumed talks to sell to Verizon Communications its stake in their US joint venture Verizon Wireless in a deal which analysts believe could be worth more than $125 billion.
在英国电信巨头确认已经恢复出售其美国合资企业Verizon电信的谈判后，沃达丰股票29日大幅上涨了约8%。(Invezz)
尽管当时沃达丰表示，能否达成协议还无法确定，但市场的表现显示投资者对该交易的认可。当天，沃达丰股票的成交量达到4亿，成为今年英国富时指数股票最大的成交量之一。据报道，当日公司市值增加约80亿英镑。而30日，沃达丰的股票继续上涨了1.5%。