BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. completed the acquisition of remaining 63.9% stake in Anime Consortium Japan Inc. from 14 sellers.
March 30, 2017
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BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. (TSE:7832) agreed to acquire remaining 63.9% stake in Anime Consortium Japan Inc. from 14 sellers for ¥2.1 billion on March 16, 2017. BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. will acquire 0.3 million shares and will increase the stake to 100% from 36.1%. Under the terms, Cool Japan Fund, Inc. will sell 20.6%, Asatsu-DK Inc. (TSE:9747) will sell 19.4% and Aniplex Inc. will sell 10.3% stake. For the year ended March 31, 2016, Anime Consortium Japan Inc. reported total assets of ¥3.9 billion, revenues of ¥233 million, operating loss of ¥1 billion, net loss of ¥1.1 billion and net assets of ¥3.6 billion. The transaction is expected to close in March 31, 2017.
BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. (TSE:7832) completed the acquisition of remaining 63.9% stake in Anime Consortium Japan Inc. from 14 sellers on March 31, 2017. Post-completion, Anime Consortium Japan operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of BANDAI NAMCO Holdings.
Bushiroad Inc. is a Japan-based company engaged in the development and acquirement of intellectual property (IP). The Company operates in two business segments. The Entertainment business segment is composed of five departments including trading card game department, mobile online games department, music department that engages in plan, production and management of music content and live performances and events, merchandising (MD) department that plans and releases goods related to IP, as well as media department that engages in book publishing and Internet radio operating. The Sports business segment is composed of the box office department, MD department that plans and sells goods, as well as the content department that product and distributes video content.
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