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The cash gap of about 1.1 billion US dollars is not a problem for Firefly, which has abundant cash flow. If Firefly Group makes a move, all problems will naturally be solved.
However, Eric did not intend to let Firefly participate in this merger and acquisition from the very beginning. What's more, Eric had long planned to invest all the spare funds of Firefly Group in high-tech companies such as Yahoo. If you are distracted, your progress in other areas will definitely be hindered.
After thinking about it for a while, Eric took out his cell phone and called Emily Brighton.
The ltd group's performance in the past two years has been very good, and it also has a retail network such as the Victoria's Secret chain store. long-term debt of the group. In this case, it is also a good idea to let ltd participate in this merger and acquisition. Although Eric is the major shareholder of ltd, this share is held by Firefly Investment. At least, in terms of equity, the future MGM and Firefly Group will not have any association.
After the call was connected, Eric greeted him and asked bluntly, "Emily, are you interested in investing in Hollywood?"
Amy Pascal sat quietly on the sofa and listened to Eric and Emily discussing on the phone for more than ten minutes. By the time Eric hung up, she had roughly known the result.
"600 million dollars," Eric said to Amy after hanging up the phone: "ltd can probably come up with 600 million dollars, and there is probably a gap of 500 million dollars left."
"If the next box office of Wonderful Night at the Museum is good enough. With the copyright of several films in the hands of Huahua Films, we have enough chips to solve the rest of the funds through debt financing," Amy said: "But this cycle will take at least three more years." Months. Lyon Credit Bank no longer has any initiative in the transaction price, and they will definitely not make concessions on the payment deadline for the acquisition.”
Eric thought about it. Said: "If Vivendi is willing, let them participate. Forget about Kerkorian, bringing this kind of person in will only add to the dispute."
Just as he was talking, Drew came downstairs with the twins, each holding a suitcase in their hands.
Hugged with Amy, Drew squeezed intimately beside Eric, took his arm, and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Eric clamped the girl's restless little paw with his arms. He smiled and said, "As for the financing, I plan to involve Ltd and Vivendi, what do you think?"
"Well, you just decide," Drew nodded, without any intention of questioning Eric's decision.
Amy said, "Eric, I don't think Vivendi will be satisfied with the remaining 500 million US dollars."
"There are only so many. If they don't want to, we will contact Wall Street investment companies. I think the possibility of them refusing is very low. Whether it is Vivendi or Kerkorian, they all know to force us to grab MGM. At that time, Huahua Pictures and DreamWorks will withdraw, and they will only end up in a mess, so cooperation is the only way to join this merger," Eric said, thinking for a while, and then said: "Buy MGM In the end, DreamWorks will definitely be integrated, if they are really not satisfied. At that time, 30% of DreamWorks shares owned by Firefly can also be transferred to them."
Amy nodded. Drew asked, "Eric, in this case. Isn't our control over the company getting weaker?"
Huahua Pictures and DreamWorks are worth about 1 billion U.S. dollars by virtue of their major copyrights. MGM's stock price has been sluggish because of its high debt, and it hovers on the verge of bankruptcy most of the time. At this time, 75% of the shares in the hands of Credit Lyonnais are about 1.5 billion US dollars. In addition, MGM still has 25% of the outstanding shares, and the total market value is only 2 billion US dollars.
Eric didn't know how much MGM's total share capital was. But simply looking at the market value of several companies, a total of 4 billion US dollars can be counted as 40 shares. Flower Pictures is completely in the hands of Drew, counting as 10 shares. For this acquisition, Flower Pictures invested 400 million US dollars, and ltd contributed 600 million US dollars, and can buy 10 shares. Then, after the merger is completed in the future, Eric will still occupy 50% of the shares of the new company, which is enough to firmly control the new company.
After sharing these data with Drew and Amy, Eric said: "Although there may be major shareholders like Vivendi, the equity of the new company will be very dispersed in the future, and it will be difficult for other small shareholders to have an impact on the company's operations. , The shares we hold have been able to form absolute control. Even after the merger is completed, the company can issue about 10 additional shares to raise operating funds, and this action will still not affect the control.”
These days, Bill Gates always has a sense of miscalculation in his heart very frequently, and this feeling is getting stronger and stronger.
It all started with the deal that Yahoo signed last year.
Although Microsoft won the contract to acquire 30 shares of Yahoo in 1999, as the market prospect of indos95 becomes more confident, perhaps it will not happen today.
As the release date of indos95 has been confirmed on August 24th, the publicity department of Microsoft has already made a plan to conduct a satellite live broadcast of the press conference. By then, hundreds of thousands of people will watch the release of indos95 through satellite signals It will also be broadcast on the ab TV network. Of course, Microsoft can afford the related expenses. However, without the direct support of powerful executives, it is not easy for Microsoft to obtain broadcast opportunities on the three major TV networks.
On the stage, after Jeff Locke introduced pay, he briefly paused for a while, took a sip of the mineral water on the stage, and gave everyone a break to digest the information just now.
After a while, Jeff Locke picked up the remote control again and lightly pressed the button. A brand new picture appeared on the big screen behind him, along with two words: blog.
"Okay, next, I would like to solemnly recommend to everyone that Yahoo has a new network product, the Yahoo personal homepage."
With a faint smile on his face, Jeff Locke gestured to the big screen behind him, and continued: "The Internet, for most people, is still a very new thing. We have achieved Massive information and information, communicate with friends thousands of miles away through Yahoo mail and yr, and discuss current hot topics in Yahoo forums. Then, further, many people may have an idea, whether there is a network tool that can make We show ourselves to everyone, so, today, your dreams are about to come true."
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15 It rained red envelopes. Starting at 12:00 noon, grab a round every hour. A large wave of 515 red envelopes depends on luck. You all go grab it, and continue to subscribe to my chapters with the coins you grab. To be continued.