SBI Holdings IncorporatedSBI acquires all Livedoor shares for ~7.5 billion yen to make it a wholly owned subsidiary and strengthen its media business.
SBI Holdings announced on the 17th that it will make internet-related company Livedoor a wholly owned subsidiary. It will acquire all of Livedoor's shares from parent company Minkabu The Infonoid for about 7.5 billion yen. SBI Chairman and President Yoshitaka Kitao and Takafumi Horie, who led Livedoor, once clashed in the battle for Nippon Broadcasting System shares, so the two have now come together as a group, transcending their past feud. SBI will strengthen its media business by leveraging Livedoor's assets, including its news sites in Japan and overseas. Minkabu will also form a capital alliance with NTT Data, and the three companies including SBI will consider new services in the financial sector, aiming to become a financial information platformer originating in Japan.
SBI Holdings IncorporatedSBI acquires all Livedoor shares for ~7.5 billion yen to make it a wholly owned subsidiary and strengthen its media business.
MINKABU THE INFONOID, Inc.Minkabu sells Livedoor to SBI for ~7.5 billion yen and forms a capital alliance with NTT Data, a financial/M&A event.
NTT IncNTT Data forms a capital alliance with Minkabu, with the three companies to consider new financial-sector services.
Livedoor becomes a wholly owned SBI subsidiary, with its news sites to be leveraged for SBI's media business.