Us-based software company Zynga to buy the Finnish Small Giant Games -a game studio in stages. The first phase of the transaction price is eur 490 million, the company reports in a statement.
Empires & Puzzles-game well-known Small Giant Games, on Thursday agreed to trade in sold in the first 80% of the shares of 490 million euros, making the company's stock is worth about 610 million euros. Zynga to purchase the remaining 20% of the shares after three years. The transaction is expected to be confirmed at the beginning of January 2019.
Small Giant games according to game development and marketing persist in Helsinki manually. Company executives remain in the current tasks and the company's shareholders.
the Company told in a statement that the purchase price will be paid partly in cash (approximately usd 330 million) and partly Zyngan shares (approximately 230 million Us dollars).