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Slide #25. The Walt Disney Company — Lucasfilm Ltd.
Acquirer:
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)
Acquiree:
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Details:
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder, George Lucas. Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney stock on October 26, 2012, the transaction value is $4.05 billion, with Disney paying approximately half of the consideration in cash and issuing approximately 40 million shares at closing. The final consideration will be subject to customary post-closing balance sheet adjustments.
Walt Disney, together with its subsidiaries, is an entertainment company with operations in two segments: Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED) and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (DPEP). DMED encompasses Co.'s film and episodic television content production and distribution activities. Content is distributed by a single organization across three lines of business: Linear Networks, Direct-to-Consumer and Content Sales/Licensing. The operations of DPEP's lines of business are: Parks and Experiences, which consist of theme parks and resorts; and Consumer Products, which consist of licensing of its trade names, characters, visual, literary and other intellectual properties.
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