The participants of the transaction officially confirmed the beginning of the process of acquiring Tencent shares of the authors of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale from the Japanese company SoftBank.
The purchase of a controlling stake (84%) comes from the valuation of Supercell in the region of $10.2 billion. Acquires 73% of the shares from SoftBank. The rest, apparently, is from Supercell.
Recall that in 2013 SoftBank acquired a 51% stake from a Finnish company for $1.53 billion. A year ago, Supercell was valued at $5.25 billion.
It is reported that the Finnish studio will remain independent, and its headquarters will continue to be based in the capital of Finland – Helsinki. The transaction will be completed in the third quarter of this year.
Every employee of the Finnish company is a holder of Supercell shares. But in the future he will be able to sell his share to Tencent. This opportunity was introduced by the management to stimulate its employees.
As part of a comment on the acquisition of the company, Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen stated that the daily audience of all four projects of the company today is more than 100 million.
The purchase of Supercell makes Tencent the absolute world leader in the gaming market. If you want, a Disney game. Recall that Tencent owns 100% of Riot Games, 21.5% of Glu Mobile, 48.4% of Epic Games, 12% of Activision Blizzard, 20% of Pocket Gems, as well as a larger stake in Miniclip.
In 2015, Tencent earned $15.8 billion. Half of this amount came from online games.
A source: Bussiness Wire
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