韩国考虑实行黄金股制度
 
 
2006年8月1日 星期二
 
韩国考虑实行黄金股制度
    S Korea considers ‘golden share’
 
韩国执政党正在考虑实行“黄金股”(golden share)制度和其它反收购措施，以协助本国企业抵御敌意收购企图。
 South Korea’s ruling party is considering adopting a “golden share” rule and other defensive measures to help local companies fend off hostile takeover attempts.
 
韩国开放国民党(Uri)经济复苏委员会主席Oh Hae-jin周二对该国KBS电台表示：“我们正在讨论各种保护管理层权利的方法。”
 “We are discussing various ways to protect management rights,” Oh Hae-jin, head of the Uri party’s economic recovery committee, told KBS radio on Tuesday.
 
“股票种类很多，其中包括黄金股。我们正在研究实行黄金股制度的可行性，但目前尚无定论。”
 “There are various kinds of shares such as the golden share. We are studying [the feasibility of] adopting such shares but nothing has been decided yet.”
 
韩国一直在设法应对外国投资者在其商业领域日益增强的地位，而该行业曾是家族财阀(chaebol)和国营企业的天下。
 South Korea has been grappling with the growing role of foreign investors in its business sector, once the preserve of family-run chaebol and state-operated companies.
 
1997年金融危机爆发后，外国投资者收购韩国陷入困境的企业后，普遍获利颇丰，从而引发韩国公众强烈抗议，认为韩国原始资产遭贱卖。
 Foreign investors who snapped up distressed companies after the 1997 financial crisis have often made huge profits, sparking a popular outcry that the original assets were sold too cheaply.
 
同样令韩国公众愤怒的是，许多外国投资者获利后却不向韩国纳税，因为它们所属国与韩国签有避免双重课税的协议。
 The public has also been angered that many will not pay taxes in South Korea on these profits because they are incorporated in countries that have double-taxation treaties with Seoul.