In addition to this operation, Ubisoft's board of directors has authorized Tencent to increase its direct stake from 4,5% to 9,99%, with the prohibition for the Chinese group to sell its Ubisoft shares for 5 years. , and will also not be able to increase its stake beyond 9,99% of Ubisoft's capital and voting rights for 8 years. The Chinese firm therefore remains in the minority, but this should be understood as a friendly rapprochement to gauge the future possibilities for the two companies. Like NetEase with Quantic Dream, which invested 100 million euros in 2019 before entirely swallowing up the studio co-founded by David Cage a few days ago, the Guillemot brothers no doubt want to ensure good understanding. with Tencent. Indeed, for Yves Guillemot, as for the rest of the Breton family, the idea is to keep control of Ubisoft, while taking advantage of attractive financial funds to better develop in the future. We understand better why Ubisoft had curled up on itself in recent months, before announcements of mobile games for certain flagship licenses and a new way of approaching certain titles like Assassin's Creed.
Unlike Vivendi several years ago which had attempted a hostile takeover, the Guillemot brothers are making the Chinese of Tencent real allies; for a brighter future?
