Tencent, Guillemot family said to consider buyout of Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft

Shares of Ubisoft have fallen about 40 per cent this year, giving the company a market capitalisation of about €1.8 billion (US$2 billion). Tencent owned 9.

2 per cent of Ubisoft’s net voting rights at the end of April, while the Guillemot family held about 20.5 per cent, according to the firm’s latest annual report. Some minority shareholders, including AJ Investments, have been pushing for either a take-private or a sale of Ubisoft to a strategic investor amid the stock-price plunge.



Considerations are at an early stage and there is no certainty they will lead to a transaction. Tencent and the Guillemot family are also considering other alternatives, according to the people..