Argentina suffered a major legal defeat on Friday as a US judge ruled that the country must pay about $16 billion to minorityshareholders of state oil company YPF arising from the government's 2012 seizure of a majority stake in the fi rm.US District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan ruled in favor of Burford Capital,which funded the litigation brought by shareholdersPetersen Energia Inversora and Eton Park Capital Management.The payout includes the approximately $8.4 billion of damages Burford sought plus about $7.6 billion of 8 prejudgment interestrunning from May 3,2012,about 2.5 weeks after the seizure.
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机译：阿根廷周五遭受了重大的法律失败，因为美国法官裁定该国必须向国有石油公司YPF的少数股东支付约160亿美元，原因是政府在2012年没收了该公司的多数股权。曼哈顿的美国地区法官洛雷塔·普雷斯卡（Loretta Preska）裁定伯福德资本（Burford Capital）胜诉，伯福德资本为股东彼得森能源公司（Petersen Energia Inversora）和伊顿公园资本管理公司（Eton Park Capital Management）提起的诉讼提供资金，赔付包括伯福德寻求的约84亿美元损害赔偿金，以及约76亿美元的8%判决前利息，从2012年5月3日开始，即扣押后约2.5周。
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