It's the first time Naspers has sold any of
the Tencent shares it bought 17 years ago, in a deal that worked out extraordinarily well for the firm.
Not exact matches
Meituan - Dianping, one of China's highest - funded startups offering services from food delivery to hotel bookings, announced it was
buying Tencent - backed Mobike for approximately US$ 3.4 billion, the largest bike -
sharing deal to date.
Ontario Teachers» has agreed to acquire 3.8 million
shares in the company, which produces games including Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, while Chinese internet giant
Tencent is to
buy 5.6 million
shares.
Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), the Chinese firm's subsidiary that manages its music streaming and karaoke services, will make an undisclosed minority investment in Spotify through new
shares, while Spotify will
buy a similar undisclosed stake in TME.
The remaining bidders in the group are SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, TPG,
Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Sequoia Capital, which are looking to
buy at least 13.4 percent of outstanding
shares, said two people.
The transaction includes an investment by two new long - term investors, the Relationship Investing arm of Ontario Teachers» Public Equities division, and
Tencent, a
share buy - back by Ubisoft, an acquisition of
shares by Guillemot Brothers SE and an Accelerated Bookbuilding with institutional investors.
Spotify announced the equity investments on Friday, under which
Tencent will
buy secondary
shares from Spotify's existing investors while Spotify will also acquire minority stakes in
Tencent Music Entertainment (TME).