Disney Co.
It’s official – The Walt Disney co. is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for the amount of 4 Billion Dollars!!!
Disney which it’s main strength is with the female audience with shows such as the Jonas Brothers and Hanna Barbara , would now have access to over 5000 new characters including the X-men , Spider man , Iron-man and thousands of other characters that appeal to younger males.
More than 5000 marvel characters
With the variety of distribution channels owned by Disney that include theme parks , global sales infrastructure , cable TV networks and video game industry this deal looks favourable.
Under the signed deal the Marvel shareholders would receive 30$ per share and an additional 0.745 Disney share – which Disney is planning to buy back by the end of next year. Overall the deal is valued at 50$ per Marvel share which is about 30% premium. This may seem a steep evaluation but is considered a good long term strategic move by analysts which states that Marvel is worth more inside Disney than outside.
Under the signed deal the Marvel shareholders would receive 30$ per share and an additional 0.745 Disney share – which Disney is planning to buy back by the end of next year. Overall the deal is valued at 50$ per Marvel share which is about 30% premium. This may seem a steep evaluation but is considered a good long term strategic move by analysts which states that Marvel is worth more inside Disney than outside.The current deal is the largest since the acquisition of Pixar Studios in 2006 and reinforces Disney’s trust in the future of 3D animation and visual effects in the next features and the The Illusion of Life
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