培生同意以3億美元出售華爾街英語

Pearson has agreed a deal to offload its English-language teaching unit Wall Street English to a group of funds linked to Baring Private Equity Asia and Citic Capital.

培生集團(Pearson)同意將旗下英語教學機構華爾街英語(Wall Street English)出售給與霸菱亞洲投資基金(Baring Asia Private Equity)和中信資本(Citic Capital)有關聯的一組基金。

The deal, which will snag around $300m for Pearson, will help the former FT owner to cut debt by approximately $100m. The company decided that a full disposal was the option “best aligned” with its streamlining strategy.

這筆交易將爲培生帶來3億美元左右的收入，將幫助這家英國《金融時報》的前東家削減約1億美元的債務。培生認爲，徹底出售這項資產是“最符合”其精簡戰略的選擇。