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Disney To Buy Marvel For $4 Billion

Allan Ford September 12, 2011 2 comments
Disney To Buy Marvel For $4 Billion The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock. As part of the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters, including The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the X-Men, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. The Marvel universe has been responsible for some of the biggest box office successes of the past several years. The Spider-Man series is currently expanding to two more films and a sequel to Iron Man will hit theaters next May. Meanwhile, the X-Men franchise has successfully a delivered a spin-off installment with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which now has a sequel in the works. No word on what this will mean for future movies based on the various characters. Here is the full press release: Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today. Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. At closing, the amount of cash and stock will be adjusted if necessary so that the total value of the Disney stock issued as merger consideration based on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration. Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion. “This transaction combines Marvel's strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney's creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney.”
“We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation,” Iger said.
“Disney is the perfect home for Marvel's fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses,” said Ike Perlmutter, Marvel's Chief Executive Officer. “This is an unparalleled opportunity for Marvel to build upon its vibrant brand and character properties by accessing Disney's tremendous global organization and infrastructure around the world.”
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters. Mr. Perlmutter will oversee the Marvel properties, and will work directly with Disney's global lines of business to build and further integrate Marvel's properties. The Boards of Directors of Disney and Marvel have each approved the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, certain non-United States merger control regulations, effectiveness of a registration statement with respect to Disney shares issued in the transaction and other customary closing conditions. The agreement will require the approval of Marvel shareholders. Marvel was advised on the transaction by BofA Merrill Lynch. What do you think? Is this good for Disney? Bad for Marvel? Post your comments below…

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2 Comments
  • Anonymous says:
    September 1, 2009 at 11:26 am

    marvel is dead

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  • Anonymous says:
    October 20, 2009 at 11:24 am

    I think this is bad for Marvel because then Disney would be able to mess with Stan Lee’s one of akind creations.

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