Howe threw $ 3.8 billion! NBC Universal announced the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation-DreamWorks Animation-IT information

Beijing April 28 evening news, United States owned by cable giant Comcast NBC Universal (NBCUniversal) today announced that $ 3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animation (DreamWorks Animation).

According to the agreement, NBC Universal will be at $ 41 per share in cash to acquire DreamWorks, trading totaled about 3.8 billion dollars. At present, the deal has been approved by the Board of NBC Universal and DreamWorks, and received written support from DreamWorks was the controlling shareholder.

Both sides expected the deal will be completed before the end of 2016, if global antitrust approval is required before. After the transaction is completed, DreamWorks will be integrated into the global entertainment group (Universal Filmed Entertainment Group), the other subsidiaries of the Group also includes universal pictures (Universal Pictures, online movie tickets Fandango and NBC Universal brand development company (NBCUniversal Brand Development).

At that time, and DreamWorks CEO and co-founder jiefurui·kasenboge (Jeffrey Katzenberg) will be the DreamWorks new media (DreamWorks New Media, held by DreamWorks multi-platform media and entertainment consisting of AwesomenessTV shares of the company and DreamWorks subsidiary NOVA) Chairman, concurrently as NBC Universal consultants.

NBC Universal CEO shidiwen·Boke (Steve Burke), said: "for NBC Universal, DreamWorks is a great addition. It will help us to develop movies, television, theme park and consumer products businesses. ”

According to media reports, DreamWorks talked to Japan SOFTBANK to discuss the sale, and the 20th Century Fox film company and several Chinese companies have had contact. This time, NBC Universal offer of US $ 3.8 billion yuan higher than the valuations of DreamWorks, which is currently valued at about $ 2.3 billion.

豪掷38亿美元！NBC环球宣布收购梦工厂动画 - 梦工厂动画 - IT资讯

北京时间4月28日晚间消息，美国有线电视巨头Comcast旗下NBC环球(NBCUniversal)今日宣布，将以38亿美元收购梦工厂动画(DreamWorks Animation)。

根据收购协议，NBC环球将以每股41美元的现金收购梦工厂，交易总额约38亿美元。目前，这笔交易已经得到了NBC环球和梦工厂董事会的批准，并得到了梦工厂控股股东的书面支持。

双方预计该交易将于2016年年底前完成，前提是要得到全球反垄断部门的批准。交易完成后，梦工厂将被整合到环球电影娱乐集团(Universal Filmed Entertainment Group)，该集团其他子公司还包括环球影业(Universal Pictures、在线电影票商Fandango和NBC环球品牌开发公司(NBCUniversal Brand Development)。

届时，梦工厂CEO兼联合创始人杰弗瑞·卡森伯格(Jeffrey Katzenberg)将出任梦工厂新媒体(DreamWorks New Media，由梦工厂所持多平台媒体与娱乐公司AwesomenessTV股份和梦工厂子公司NOVA组成)董事长，同时兼任NBC环球顾问。

NBC环球CEO史蒂文·伯克(Steve Burke)称：“对于NBC环球而言，梦工厂是一个伟大的补充。它将帮助我们发展电影、电视、主题公园和消费者产品业务。”

据媒体之前的报道，梦工厂曾与日本软银洽谈过出售事宜，并与二十世纪福克斯电影公司和数家中国公司有过接触。此次，NBC环球38亿美元的报价也元高于梦工厂的估值，后者当前估值约为23亿美元。