Now Post Is Again Exploring Ways to Own Lamb Weston and Is Consulting With Bankers in the Tight-Knit Food Industry, Said the Sources Who Insisted on Anonymity Because the Discussions Are Private.By Abigail Summerville and Svea Herbst-Bayliss
作者：阿比蓋爾·薩默維爾和斯維亞·赫爾布斯特-貝利斯
New York, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Post Holdings Post.n Is Working With Investment Bankers to Explore a Possible Transaction With Lamb Weston Holdings Lw.n, as the Frozen Potato Products Maker Faces Pressure From an Activist Investor to Sell Itself, Two Sources Familiar With the Matter Said.
紐約，12月12日（路透社）- Post Holdings Post.n 正在與投資銀行家合作，以探索與Lamb Weston Holdings的可能交易 Lw.n因爲這家冷凍土豆產品製造商正面臨來自一個激進投資者的壓力，要求其出售自己，兩個熟悉此事的消息人士表示。
For Packaged Goods Company Post, Which Makes Grape Nuts Cereal and Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes, Lamb Weston Has Long Been an Attractive Business That It Considered Buying in 2015 When the French-Fry Maker Was Still Part of Conagra Cag.n.
對於包裝食品公司Post來說，它生產葡萄堅果麥片和鮑勃·埃文斯土豆泥，Lamb Weston長期以來是一個有吸引力的業務，它在2015年曾考慮收購，當時這家薯條製造商仍是Conagra的一部分。 Cag.n.
Now Post Is Again Exploring Ways to Own Lamb Weston and Is Consulting With Bankers in the Tight-Knit Food Industry, Said the Sources Who Insisted on Anonymity Because the Discussions Are Private.
目前Post正在探索擁有Lamb Weston的方式，並且正在與緊密聯繫的食品行業的銀行家進行諮詢，這些消息來源表示，他們堅持匿名，因爲討論是私密的。
Post Has a Market Value of Roughly $7 Billion and the Sources Said There Would Be Considerable Synergies With Lamb Weston, Which Has a Market Value of Roughly $10.5 Billion, if a Combination Were to Occur.
根據消息來源，Post的市場價值大約爲70億，如果發生合併，將會與市場價值大約爲105億的Lamb Weston產生相當大的協同效應。
A Representative for Post Declined to Comment While a Representative for Lamb Weston Was Not Immediately Available for Comment.
Post的代表拒絕發表評論，而Lamb Weston的代表也未能立即提供評論。
(Reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Abigail Summerville; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
（記者Svea Herbst-Bayliss和Abigail Summerville報道；編輯Chizu Nomiyama）
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