After the crisis at Ubisoft expanded in the last few months and even big titles like “Star Wars Outlaws” had their internal sales forecasts could not fulfillthe publisher's share price collapsed in September dramatic.
At the beginning of October came again the rumor on that the Chinese publishing giant Tencent is interested in taking over the “Assassin’s Creed”-Maker might be interested. Another possibility being considered, according to Bloomberg, is a joint takeover and privatization of Ubisoft.
In a statement, Ubisoft did not deny the rumors and instead only said that multiple strategic options to check. This Friday provided new topics of conversation Report from Reuterswhich talks about a possible takeover by Tencent still being on the table.
Tencent is apparently demanding more say
However, under certain circumstances, different ideas of the parties involved could clash here. According to Reuters, Ubisoft shareholders are currently examining the possibility of structuring the takeover of the group in such a way that the control or influence of the Guillemot family is not reduced.
On the other side is the financially strong publisher Tencent, which unsurprisingly pursues its own goals.
According to information from Reuters, Tencent's management team has not yet decided whether the Chinese gaming giant should participate in the takeover and increase its stake in the company. Apparently because Tencent is demanding more say in future board decisions.
According to Reuters, Tencent should maintain the talks because the company wants to prevent a possible hostile takeover of Ubisoft by other investors or competitors.
Investors are calling for Ubisoft to be sold
Ubisoft's continuously falling share price has alarmed some shareholders in recent months. These include the investment company AJ Investments, which according to its own information gathered more than ten percent of all shareholders behind it in an open letter at the end of September called for a change of course.
One of the goals of the investors mobilized by AJ Investments: to enable the sale of Ubisoft at a fair price.
“We call on Ubisoft management to facilitate the sale of the company to third parties or private equity firms at a fair price,” said AJ Investments.
Since Ubisoft and Tencent have not yet shown their cards, it is unfortunately unclear how far the possible takeover talks have progressed.
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