Can Tencent Actually Acquire Ubisoft?
There’ve been talks about it lately, but Guillemot Brothers took some strategic steps to protect their company from acquisition back in September 2022. 📅
At that time, Tencent increased its stake in Ubisoft from 4.5% to 9.99%, but the deal came with an important condition:
❗ Tencent wouldn’t be able to increase its stake in the company for the following 8 years.
So far, only two years have passed, and six more are still to go.
This condition was specifically structured to safeguard the Guillemot family’s control and prevent any aggressive acquisition attempts from Tencent. 🚫
So if both companies were to pursue a deal, they’d have to navigate this restriction—meaning a lot of paperwork and negotiations.
If you want to learn more about it, I left the link for the Sep’22 deal analysis we made for InvestGame in the comments! 👇
Be sure to check it out to know more about the relationships between Tencent and Ubisoft.
What are your thoughts on the deal? 🤷♂️
Let me know if I’m missing something here. 💬
