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In October 2015, French media conglomerate Vivendi announced that they had acquired a 6.2% stake in Gameloft's stock, [23] which was quickly raised to 10.2% a few days later. [24] By February 2016, Vivendi had acquired 30% in the company, and launched a hostile takeover bid.
Vivendi SE is a French mass-media holding company headquartered in Paris. It owns Groupe Canal+, Havas, Gameloft, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village, and Dailymotion, and is a majority owner of the Lagardère Group.
In total, the sale of Vivendi’s interest in Ubisoft represents an amount of €2 billion and a capital gain of €1.2 billion. Vivendi, which already owns Gameloft, a global leader in mobile video games, confirms its intention to continue to strengthen its position in the video games sector.
The company has world-renowned expertise, reflected in a portfolio of more than 120 video games developed in its 13 studios and an average audience of 44 million monthly players in 2023. In 2023, more than a million Gameloft games were downloaded each day worldwide.
Vivendi now controls about 56 percent of Gameloft's voting shares, according to the report, which also says that current CEO Michel Guillemot—brother to Ubisoft boss Yves—now intends to...
Vivendi announced today that it has taken equity stakes of 6.6% and 6.2% respectively in Ubisoft and Gameloft, two French companies with internationally-recognized know-how in video games, with a view to utilizing its available cash.
Jun 8, 2016 · French mass media company Vivendi now claims mobile gaming studio Gameloft as a wholly owned subsidiary following a hostile takeover, and publisher Ubisoft may be the conglomerate’s next...
