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HONG KONG: Tencent Holdings Ltd<\/a> plans to raise its stake in French video game group Ubisoft Entertainment<\/a> SA as the Chinese gaming<\/a> giant pivots to the global gaming<\/a> market, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
China's largest social network and gaming firm, which bought a 5% stake in Ubisoft<\/a> in 2018, has reached out to the French firm's founding Guillemot<\/a> family and expressed interest in increasing its stake in the firm, the sources said.
It is not clear how much more Tencent<\/a> wants to own in Ubisoft<\/a>, valued at $5.3 billion, but Tencent<\/a> aims to become the single largest shareholder of the French company with an additional stake purchase, two of the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Tencent is hoping to buy a part of the additional stake in Ubisoft, the maker of the blockbuster \"Assassin's Creed\" video game franchise, from the Guillemot<\/a> family, which owns 15% of the firm, three of the sources said.
Tencent could offer up to 100 euros ($101.84) per share to acquire the additional stake, two of the sources with knowledge of the internal discussions, said. It paid 66 euros per share for the 5% stake in 2018.
Details of the deal are not yet finalised and are subject to change, the sources said.
Ubisoft shares surged 21% after the Reuters report at 1008 GMT and were set for their biggest daily rise since 2004.
Shares in Guillemot Corp SA, the holding company in which the Guillemot family owns the majority shareholding, were trading up 10.3% at 1240 GMT and were set for their biggest daily jump since January.
Tencent will also seek to acquire shares from public shareholders of Ubisoft, two of the sources said, in a bid to boost its ownership and become the single-largest shareholder.
About 80% of the French firm's shares are owned by public shareholders, according to its latest annual report.
All the sources declined to be named as they are not authorised to speak to the media.
Tencent and Ubisoft declined to comment.
Representatives of the Guillemot family could not be immediately reached for comment.
The planned stake purchase, Tencent's latest major foreign deal since a regulatory crackdown in late 2020, will help it offset some of the pressures in the domestic gaming market. China's video games market, the world's largest, has become fiercely competitive.
\"Tencent is very determined to nail down the deal as Ubisoft is such an important strategic asset for Tencent,\" one of the people said.
At the top end of 100 euros per share, Tencent's offer will be a premium of 127% to the stock's 44 euros average price over the past three months, and is close to its historical price ceiling at 108 euros in 2018.
Tencent has submitted to the Guillemot family a term sheet - a non-binding offer describing the basic terms and conditions of an investment - with a price \"way above\" the company's current price to ward off potential competition, one of the sources said.
The aggressive offer comes as global gaming power houses have been rushing to snap up quality independent game makers in recent years, which are in scarcity, two of the sources said.
Tencent's senior executives flew to France in May to meet the Guillemot family about the purchase, two of the people said.
DOMESTIC PRESSURES<\/strong>
China's gaming regulator has not granted any new game licences to Tencent at home since June last year, before it froze gaming approvals for nearly nine months. Since it resumed approvals in April this year, none of the past four batches included the company.
In May, Tencent reported that its domestic game revenue dropped 1% in the first quarter while international game revenue rose 4%.
Tencent, which has stakes in U.S. video game developers Epic Games<\/a> and Riot Games, said in June it would release its flagship mobile game \"Honor of Kings\" globally by the end of the year.
In 2016, it bought a majority stake in \"Clash of Clans\" mobile game maker Supercell for roughly $8.6 billion, one of the world's biggest ever gaming deals.
It also owns 9% of UK video gaming firm Frontier Developments and said last year it would buy another British developer Sumo<\/a> in a $1.3 billion deal.
Ubisoft, whose titles also include \"Prince of Persia\" and \"Rainbow Six\", in May forecast lower operating profit for 2022-23 after the company reported operating income for 2021-22 that missed estimates.
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腾讯“刺客信条”制造商寻求更大的股份育碧:来源
中国最大的社交网络和游戏公司,于2018年在育碧买了5%的股份,已经达到了法国公司的成立海鸠家庭和公司表示有兴趣增加的股份,消息人士说。
香港:腾讯控股有限公司在法国电子游戏集团增持计划育碧娱乐公司在中国游戏巨大的轴心全球游戏市场,四个消息人士对路透表示。
中国最大的社交网络和游戏公司,买了5%的股份育碧2018年,已经达到了法国公司的成立海雀家庭和公司表示有兴趣增加的股份,消息人士说。
目前尚不清楚有多少腾讯想要自己的育碧,价值53亿美元,但是腾讯旨在成为单一最大股东法国公司的额外购买股份,两位消息人士表示,不愿透露姓名的。
腾讯希望买育碧的一部分额外的股份,大片的制造商“刺客信条”的视频游戏系列,从海雀家族拥有该公司15%的股权,三个来源说。
腾讯可以提供多达100欧元(101.84美元)收购额外股份,每股的两个来源与知识的内部讨论,说。它以每股66欧元的价格在2018年5%的股份。
交易的细节尚未敲定,受到改变,消息人士说。
育碧路透社的报道1008 GMT后股价飙升21%,为2004年以来的最大单日上涨。
海雀的股票公司SA的控股公司海鸠家族拥有多数股权,交易上涨10.3%,格林威治时间1240,1月以来的最大单日涨幅。
腾讯还将寻求收购股份的公众股东育碧,两位消息人士说,为了提高其所有权,成为最大股东。
大约80%的法国公司的股票属于公众股东,根据其最新的年度报告。
所有消息人士拒绝透露姓名,因为他们没有授权向媒体发言。
腾讯和育碧拒绝置评。
海雀家族的代表未能立即置评。
最新计划购买股份,腾讯的主要外国交易监管镇压2020年年底以来,将有助于抵消国内游戏市场的一些压力。中国的游戏市场,世界上最大的,已经成为竞争激烈。
“腾讯非常决心敲定这笔交易等育碧是腾讯的一个重要的战略资产,”一位知情人士说。
高端的每股100欧元,腾讯会提供一个高级的127%股票的44欧元平均价格在过去的三个月,并接近其2018年历史价格上限为108欧元。
腾讯报海鸠家庭投资意向书——一个不具约束力的要约描述一个投资的基本条款和条件——价格“上面”公司的当前价格抵御潜在的竞争,其中一位消息人士说。
积极提供之际,全球游戏玩家纷纷抢购质量近年来独立游戏制造商,在稀缺,两位消息人士说。
腾讯的高管飞往法国5月来满足海雀的家庭购买,两人说的。
国内压力
中国博彩监管机构并没有授予任何新游戏许可证腾讯在家里自去年6月以来,之前冻结游戏批准近9个月。因为它恢复批准今年4月,没有过去四批次包括公司。
今年5月,腾讯报道,国内游戏游戏收入在第一季度下降了1%,国际收入增长了4%。
,腾讯入股美国视频游戏开发商史诗般的游戏和防暴游戏,6月表示,将公布其旗舰手机游戏“国王的荣誉”全球今年年底。
2016年,收购多数股权“宗族冲突”手机游戏制造商超晶胞为大约86亿美元,是世界上有史以来最大的游戏交易。
它还拥有英国9%的视频游戏公司前沿发展和去年表示,将购买另一家英国开发人员相扑在一个13亿美元的交易。
育碧的标题还包括“波斯王子”和“彩虹六号”,预测调低了2022年的营业利润- 5月23日,该公司公布2021 - 22日营业收入低于预期。
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