Hasbro have announced a public offering of $875.0 million of shares of common stock. In addition, Hasbro intends to grant the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to $131.25 million of additional shares of its common stock. The company intends to use the net proceeds to finance, in part, its proposed acquisition …
CMON said in an earnings report released on Friday that revenue increased from $9.6 million to $12.8 million for the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. The company attributed the increase to a growth in wholesale sales. Gross profit also increased for the same period last year, primarily due to the increase …
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Games Workshop Group CEO Kevin Rountree said the company had its best year in the company’s history. The Warhammer miniatures maker released their annual report today. The company reported a pretax profit increase of 9.4% over last year, with revenues climbing 16% to £256.6 million for the year. Trade sales rose 29% to £121.5 million, with retail sales …
CMON Limited released their 2019 first quarter earnings seeing about a 150% increase in revenue when compared to last year. First quarter revenue was $6.8 million compared to $2.7 million last year. The company said the increase was due to US wholesale orders and the shipment of several Kickstarters including, Cthulhu: Death May Die, HATE, Starcadia Quest and …
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BlackRock Inc, a global asset management company, took a 5% stake in Games Workshop according to filings posted April 2. Neither company responded to our request for more information. The shareholders who hold over 3% of the total ordinary share capital: Shareholder Number of shares Percentage Investec Asset Management Limited 3,087,765 9.6 Schroders plc 1,677,864 5.2 JP Morgan …
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Foresight Group, a UK private equity company, have made a $6.5 million investment into Steamforged Games. Rich Loxam and Mat Hart founded Steamforged games in 2014 to publish their sports-based miniature game, Guild Ball. Since then, they have developed a portfolio of games based on both original and licensed IP. Their first licensed game based on …
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Hasbro’s fourth-quarter gaming revenue declined 12% from the previous period to $788 million. The total category was down 4% for the full-year 2018 versus 2017. Dungeons and Dragons, Don’t Step in it, Connect 4 and Jenga revenues grew, but were more than offset by declines in Pie Face, Speak Out and other gaming properties. Hasbro overall revenue …
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Games Workshop posted record sales and profit in the six months to December 2018. Sales were up 14% over the previous year at £125.2 million and pre-tax profit grew 7% to £40.8m. The company announced a dividend of 25 pence per share to be paid on March 1. Despite this, growth slowed to 39%, down from the same …
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Greater Than Games have acquired Nevermore Games, the Richmond, Va publishers of Chicken Caesar, Mars Needs Mechanics, Spires and Dark Dealings. The companies have been talking for several months. The details of the deal were not disclosed. Greater Than Games will support Nevermore’s products, and will complete the Kickstarter fulfillment of Dark Dealings: Dwarven Delve, …
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Private equity firm Mason Wells, have acquired Buffalo Games, a manufacturer and marketer of jigsaw puzzles and board games, in a deal that closed in August. Mason Wells, along with Nagendra Raina, CEO of Buffalo Games, and other members of the management team, acquired the business from founders, Paul and Eden Dedrick. Financial terms of the transaction …
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