eBay以40亿美元的价格将StubHub卖给了Viagogo

eBay plans to sell its StubHub ticket marketplace to European competitor Viagogo for about $4 billion in cash.

eBay计划以大约40亿美元的现金将StubHub票务市场，出售给其欧洲竞争对手Viagogo。

eBay determined selling StubHub was “the best path forward” for both companies as part of a review of its portfolio and strategies, interim CEO Scott Schenkel said Monday. That review was launched this year amid pressure from an activist investor, according to the Associated Press.

eBay临时CEO Scott Schenkel周一表示，作为对其投资组合和战略评估的一部分，eBay认为出售StubHub是两家公司“最好的出路”。据美联社(Associated Press)报道，这一评估是在一位维权投资者的压力下于今年启动的。

When combined, the resale platforms will hawk hundreds of thousands of tickets each day in more than 70 countries after the deal closes in the first quarter of next year, according to a news release.

据新闻发布会称，两家转售平台合并后，将在明年第一季度交易完成后，每天在70多个国家售出数十万张门票。

“This provides a great opportunity to expand our business, pursue new partnerships and execute our strategy,” StubHub president Sukhinder Singh Cassidy said in a statement.

StubHub总裁苏金德•辛格•卡西迪在一份声明中表示:“这为我们拓展业务、寻求新的合作伙伴以及执行我们的战略提供了一个绝佳的机会。”

The sale will also reunite StubHub with its co-founder Eric Baker, the Viagogo founder and CEO who left his former company before eBay bought it for $310 million in 2007.

这笔交易还将让StubHub与Viagogo联合创始人兼首席执行长贝克(Eric Baker)重聚。贝克在2007年以3.1亿美元的价格被eBay收购之前就离开了自己的公司。

“I am so proud of how StubHub has grown over the years and excited about the possibilities for our shared future,” Baker said in a statement. “Buyers will have a wider choice of tickets, and sellers will have a wider network of buyers.”

贝克在一份声明中说:“我为StubHub多年来的发展感到骄傲，并为我们共同未来的可能性感到兴奋。”“购票者将有更广泛的购票选择，而销售者将有更广泛的购票者网络。”