Tencent to Become Largest Shareholder in Japan’s Marvelous
- China’s biggest game company buys a 20% stake in the developer
- Tencent’s been investing in companies from Supercell to Epic
QR codes for various programs and services at a Tencent Holdings conference in Guangzhou, China.
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Tencent Holdings Ltd. is buying a 20% stake in Japan’s Marvelous Inc., giving the smaller company capital to develop its game franchises and sending its shares soaring.
China’s biggest game company, through affiliate Image Frame Investment, will spend about 7 billion yen ($65 million) to buy stock in the company, the Japanese games maker said in a statement. Marvelous will sell 8.62 million new shares for 576 yen apiece, while shareholders Amuse Capital and Nakayama Hayao will sell 2.83 million and 708,600 shares respectively at the same price.