Sony cumpara 2.5% din Bandai Namco, adica 16 milioane actiuni pentru 68 miliarde JPY (~464 milioane USD):
Originally Posted by Sony Group
Promoting collaboration aimed at strengthening engagement among anime and manga fans and creating new and emotionally moving experiences
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. ("Bandai Namco") and Sony Group Corporation ("Sony") today announced the signing of a strategic business alliance agreement. Sony also agreed with existing shareholders of Bandai Namco to acquire 16 million Bandai Namco shares held by those shareholders for approximately 68 billion yen. With the acquisition of these shares, Sony will become a shareholder holding approximately 2.5% of the total issued shares of Bandai Namco.
Through this business alliance and Sony's investment in Bandai Namco, as two of the leading Japanese entertainment companies, Bandai Namco and Sony will focus on expanding the fan community for IP such as anime and manga around the world and strengthening engagement, particularly in the anime field where rapid market growth is anticipated, while merging their strengths to create new and emotionally moving experiences for fans, and as a result of these efforts maximize the value of IP.