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Tencent to acquire Clash of Clan developer Supercell for $8.6 billion

Tencent Holdings Ltd., a Chinese investment holding company and one of the largest Internet companies in the world, and owner of WeChat, is buying Supercell, the Finnish mobile development company behind Clash of Clans, for $8.6PHP 505INR 729EUR 8CNY 63 billion.

Tencent will acquire up to 84% of Supercell from SoftBank which acquired 51% of the company in 2013 for a reported $2.1PHP 123INR 178EUR 2CNY 15 billion. The transaction puts Supercell at an equity value of approximately $10.2PHP 599INR 864EUR 10CNY 74 billion. For Tencent, this allows the company to grow its business outside China, while Supercell can take advantage of Tencent’s expertise and and large user base in China.

Once the transaction is complete, Supercell will be owned by a consortium established by Tencent and by Supercell’s employees. The company will continue to operate independently in Helsinki, Finland with its existing team. In addition, Supercell employees, whicg are already considered as equity holders, will be able to sell their vested shares annually to Tencent.

The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of 2016 after which SoftBank will no longer own any shares in SuperCell.

source: Tencent

Diangson Louie
Diangson Louie
This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.
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