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PARIS: Ubisoft<\/a>, France's biggest video games maker<\/a>, is still open to other partners after a deal in which China's Tencent<\/a> will raise its stake in the company, its co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot said on Thursday.
Guillemot's comments, made at a closed press event whose content the company asked not to be made public before a showcase event online on Saturday, came on the heels of a rough day for Ubisoft<\/a>'s stock, which tumbled 17% after the group announced Tencent<\/a> would become its single biggest shareholder with an overall stake of 11%.
The deal values the \"Assassin's Creed\" maker at about $10 billion.
\"We remain totally independent and we can act with any outside company if we want to,\" said Guillemot, who along his four brothers founded Ubisoft in 1986. \"That was a big negotiation with Tencent,\" he added. \"We can do whatever we want.\"
Traders and analysts have said the Tencent deal, which sees the world's largest games firm by revenue enter into a shareholder pact with the Guillemots, removed the speculative appeal of Ubisoft shares.
The group has long been seen as a takeover target as the Guillemots hold a minority stake in the group. Still, the Guillemot brothers managed to fend off a raid by French tycoon Vincent Bollore via his media group Vivendi<\/a>.
Smaller mobile video game maker Gameloft<\/a>, formerly led by Yves Guillemot's brother Michel, was gobbled up by Vivendi<\/a> six years ago.
The secretive siblings, sons of agricultural traders from a small town in Brittany, western France, have vowed to protect their independence, a goal which Yves Guillemot, 62, reasserted on Thursday. \"Our first intention is to own our destiny,\" he said.
MEANINGFUL PROGRESS<\/strong>
That prospect was tested recently by a combination of weak financial results and allegations of sexual harassment, that led to a revamp of the company's governance and pledges to change a corporate culture described as sexist by some former employees.
\"Yes, we stumbled, and we acknowledge that\", Guillemot said. \"We learned a lot along the way and have made meaningful progress with concrete action plans collectively led by our leaders.\"
Ubisoft burnt through about 200 million euros in cash operationally during its 2020\/2021 financial year, having generated 169 million of operational cash flow the year before.
The company's financial woes came on top of several delays in the release of new video games and heightened pressure on management, in the midst of a boom and M&A wave in the video game industry.
These were notably marked by Microsoft<\/a>'s plan to acquire \"Call of Duty\" maker Activision Blizzard<\/a> for $69 billion.
As part of its plan to return to growth, Ubisoft is aiming to deploy its three \"pillar\" games - \"Assassin's Creed\", \"Far Cry\" and \"Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six\" - on all digital platforms, Guillemot said.
The group aims for these three brands to reach a total of 3 billion euros in annual revenue within five years, Guillemot said.
Guillemot said \"Assassin's Creed\" will release its next edition \"Mirage\" in 2023. Ubisoft is also partnering with streaming platform Netflix to develop three original mobile games, including one based on Assassin's Creed.
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育碧还在营业的CEO说腾讯后其他合作伙伴协议
海雀的言论,在一个封闭的新闻事件的内容之前公司要求不被公开展示活动在线周六,的一个粗略的天育碧的股票,下跌17%,此前该集团宣布腾讯将成为其最大股东总股份的11%。
巴黎:育碧法国最大的视频游戏制造商仍然是开放的,中国的其他合作伙伴达成协议后腾讯将提高股份公司,其联合创始人兼首席执行官伊夫海鸠周四表示。
海雀的言论,在一个封闭的新闻事件的内容之前公司要求不被公开展示活动在线周六,难熬的日子的高跟鞋育碧的股票下跌17%,此前该集团宣布腾讯将成为其最大的股东总股份的11%。
“刺客信条”制造商交易价值在100亿美元左右。
“我们保持完全独立,可以与任何外部公司如果我们想,“海雀说,在他的四个兄弟在1986年创立育碧。“这是一个大谈判与腾讯,”他补充说。“我们可以做任何我们想要的。”
交易员和分析师表示,腾讯的交易,将世界上最大的游戏公司收入与海鸠、订立股东协议消除了投机性育碧股票的吸引力。
该集团长期以来一直被视为收购目标作为海鸠持有少数股权。不过,海鸠兄弟成功地抵御袭击法国大亨文森特·博洛尔集团通过他的传媒集团维旺迪。
较小的移动视频游戏制造商智乐,以前由伊夫·海鸠米歇尔的哥哥,被吞噬维旺迪六年前。
农业商人的秘密的兄弟姐妹,儿子从布列塔尼的一个小镇,法国西部,誓言要保护他们的独立,伊夫海雀的目标,62年,在周四重申。“我们的第一个目的是拥有我们的命运,”他说。
有意义的进步
这一前景测试最近的财务业绩疲软和性骚扰的指控,导致公司治理的改革和承诺,改变企业文化描述为一些前雇员的性别歧视。
“是的,我们发现,我们承认”,海雀说。“我们学到了很多沿途集体取得有意义的进展和具体行动计划由我们的领导人”。
育碧燔通过约2亿欧元的现金操作在2020/2021财政年度,生成1.69亿的运营现金流。
公司的财务困境,一些延迟释放新的视频游戏和高度的压力管理,在繁荣和视频游戏行业的并购浪潮。
这是明显的微软的收购“使命召唤”制造商动视暴雪为690亿美元。
作为计划的一部分,恢复增长,育碧的目标是部署三个“支柱”游戏——“刺客信条”、“远”和“汤姆克兰西的彩虹六号”——在所有数字平台上,海雀说。
该集团的目标是对这三个品牌达到年收入总计30亿欧元的五年内,海雀说。
海雀说:“刺客信条”将发布2023年第二版“海市蜃楼”。育碧也与Netflix的流媒体平台合作开发三个原始的手机游戏,其中包括基于刺客信条。
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