'Planet Fitness Loses 11th Hour Bid To Acquire Bankrupt Blink' - CNBC
'Planet Fitness Loses 11th Hour Bid To Acquire Bankrupt Blink' - CNBC
J. Kate Stickles, bankruptcy judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware, said in Tuesday's hearing that PureGym's offer would avoid antitrust risks. The company only operates three locations in the U.S., which it first entered in 2021.- Planet Fitness lost a bid in bankruptcy court to acquire Blink Holdings.
- U.K.-based private gym chain PureGym won its bid to acquire Blink and its assets, including 60 of its gyms in New York and New Jersey.
- A Delaware bankruptcy court judge said accepting PureGym's offer would avoid antitrust risks.
- Planet Fitness在破產法庭收購Blink Holdings的申請中敗訴
- 總部位於英國的私人健身連鎖店PureGym贏得了收購Blink及其資產的競標，包括其在紐約和新澤西的60家體育館。
- 特拉華州破產法院的一名法官表示，接受PureGym的提議將避免反壟斷風險。
Planet Fitness lost its bid in bankruptcy court to acquire budget fitness chain Blink Holdings, according to court filings viewed by CNBC.
CNBC查看的法庭文件顯示，Planet Fitness在破產法庭上收購廉價健身連鎖店Blink Holdings的申請中敗訴。
Planet Fitness placed its competing eleventh hour bids early this month during a 48-hour challenge window. The two higher bids came after it lost out in bankruptcy auction to U.K.-based, privately held fitness chain PureGym.
本月初，Planet Fitness在48小時的挑戰時段內進行了競爭性的最後一刻競標。兩次更高的出價是在該公司在破產拍賣中輸給總部位於英國的私人健身連鎖店PureGym之後出現的。
Late Tuesday, Delaware's bankruptcy court formally accepted PureGym's $121 million offer, which initially won at auction in late October.
週二晚些時候，特拉華州破產法院正式接受了PureGym的1.21億美元報價，該報價最初在10月下旬的拍賣會上獲勝。
J. Kate Stickles, bankruptcy judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware, said in Tuesday's hearing that PureGym's offer would avoid antitrust risks. The company only operates three locations in the U.S., which it first entered in 2021.
美國特拉華州破產法院破產法官凱特·斯蒂克爾斯在週二的聽證會上表示，PureGym的提議將避免反壟斷風險。該公司在美國僅經營三個分支機構，於2021年首次進入。
PureGym's offer, assuming Blink's liabilities, also comes with 60 of Blink's fitness centers still operating in New York and New Jersey.
假設Blink負有負債，PureGym的報價還包括Blink的60個健身中心仍在紐約和新澤西運營。
"PureGym is committed to ensuring continuity of service for Blink's members in New York and New Jersey by maintaining the high-quality fitness experience that Blink members have come to expect," said PureGym CEO Humphrey Cobbold when the company initially made the bid in September.
PureGym首席執行官漢弗萊·科博爾德在9月份首次競標時表示：「PureGym致力於通過保持Blink會員所期望的高質量健身體驗來確保Blink會員在紐約和新澤西州的服務的連續性。」
"The American fitness market is the largest and most dynamic in the world. We are incredibly excited by the scale of opportunity and the chance to tailor and apply our proven model there," he said.
「美國的健身市場是世界上最大、最具活力的市場。我們對機會的規模以及在那裏量身定製和應用我們久經考驗的模式的機會感到非常興奮，」 他說。
Planet Fitness' initial bid was rejected in part because of antitrust concerns, as the roughly $6.8 billion company already owns more than 2,000 club in the U.S., sources familiar with the matter told CNBC.
知情人士告訴CNBC，Planet Fitness最初的出價被拒絕，部分原因是出於反壟斷考慮，因爲這家價值約68億美元的公司已經在美國擁有2,000多傢俱樂部。
Planet Fitness's offer would have further delayed closing the deal, they added. By accepting PureGym's offer now and avoiding antitrust issues, Stickles said it would allow Blink to continue to operate rather than dissolve as a deal was negotiated in court.
他們補充說，Planet Fitness的提議將進一步推遲交易的完成。Stickles表示，通過立即接受PureGym的提議並避免反壟斷問題，這將允許Blink繼續運營，而不是在法庭談判交易時解散。
Planet Fitness did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
Planet Fitness沒有回應CNBC的置評請求。
