“SINA has also granted an option to Alibaba to enable Alibaba to increase its ownership in Weibo to 30% on a fully-diluted basis at a mutually agreed valuation within a certain period of time in the future.”
阿里巴巴投资新浪最令人费解的是option。新浪授予阿里巴巴的这项option,可以让阿里巴巴未来在微博的权益提高至30%。新浪在公告中并未对这项option做太多的解释。只是用了几个定语,“a certain period of time in the future”、“mutually agreed valuation”、“a fully-diluted basis”。从定语上可以看出,这项option与时间相关,另外option对应的价值已确定, mutually agreed。新浪并未明确这项option是否附条件,但从定语上看,这项option将会“随时间满足”。再从动词上看,“enable Alibaba to increase its ownership”。这个“enable”在此处显得有些含糊。新浪微博授予阿里巴巴的这项option,并未明确,阿里巴巴是否需要再拿钱出来认购。