据美国彭博新闻社1月16日纽约和卡尔加里报道，据知情人士透露，尽管此次收购未能获得直接支持，然而加拿大赫斯基能源公司(Husky Energy Inc.)有望赢得支持，从而延长说服股东们支持其对竞争对手油砂生产商梅格能源公司 （MEG Energy Corp.）敌意收购的最后期限。

上述因此事属于私事而要求不透露名字的知情人士说，赫斯基能源公司可能已经获得了股东支持的最低金额，即公司已发行股票的50%以上，从而将收购要约延长10天。为期10天的延期将使其得以进行所谓的后续招标，以获得收购梅格能源公司所需的支持——三分之二的流通股。

上述知情人士说，投标截止日期是多伦多时间周三下午5点，具体数字仍有可能发生变化。

赫斯基能源公司和梅格能源公司的代表均拒绝置评。

李峻 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Husky said likely to win support to extend MEG bid deadline

Husky Energy Inc. is expected to win support to extend a deadline to persuade shareholders to back its hostile bid for rival oil-sands producer MEG Energy Corp., despite falling short of winning outright support for the offer, according to people familiar with the matter.

Husky is likely to have won the minimum amount of shareholder support, or more than 50% of the company’s outstanding shares, to extend the offer by 10 days, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The 10-day extension will allow it to pursue so-called follow-on tenders to gain the necessary support -- two thirds of the outstanding shares -- to take over MEG.

The deadline for the tender offer is 5:00 p.m. Wednesday in Toronto, and the tallies could still change, the people said.

Representatives for Husky and MEG declined to comment.