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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/leyou-technologies-holdings">Leyou Technologies</a> was a publicly-traded video game holding company, best known as the parent of Digital Extremes, the developer of the highly successful free-to-play (F2P) online action game, Warframe.</li>
  <li>In a deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion, the company was acquired by Tencent Holdings via its subsidiary Image Frame Investment and was subsequently delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 23, 2020.</li>
  <li>The acquisition consolidated Leyou's key development studios, including Digital Extremes and UK-based Splash Damage, into Tencent's vast global gaming portfolio, marking a significant exit for a mid-tier publisher with a strong, but concentrated, core asset.</li>
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Leyou Technologies was a publicly-traded video game holding company, best known as the parent of Digital Extremes, the developer of the highly successful free-to-play (F2P) online action game, Warframe.
  In a deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion, the company was acquired by Tencent Holdings via its subsidiary Image Frame Investment and was subsequently delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 23, 2020.
  The acquisition consolidated Leyou's key development studios, including Digital Extremes and UK-based Splash Damage, into Tencent's vast global gaming portfolio, marking a significant exit for a mid-tier publisher with a strong, but concentrated, core asset.
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Primer: Leyou Technologies (1089 HK) - Jan 2026

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David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<p>Back on the 27 August, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/leyou-technologies-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5831:1" rel="noopener">Leyou Technologies (1089 HK)</a>  <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/0827/2020082701826.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a take-private transaction by way of a Scheme from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Holdings (700 HK)</a> at $3.3219/share, a 30.27% premium over the closing price of HK$2.55/share on 19 September 2019, the last trading day prior to Leyou's <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/0525/2020052501310.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcing</a> it was in preliminary discussions with various independent potential investors.</p>
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<p>70.02% of shares out - primarily comprising chairman Charles Yuk's stake - have given irrevocables to vote in favour of the Scheme. Disinterested Shareholders comprise all shares out, therefore the blocking stake at the Scheme Meeting is 308.5mn shares or 10% of shares out. No single shareholder has such a stake. The headcount test applies. </p>
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<p>This is a very clean deal. </p>
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<p>Leyou's shares wobbled a little in September after gaming companies were asked by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on their security protocols in handling Americans' personal data. Those concerns were unfounded, and Canadian and US regulatory bodies <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/1008/2020100801134.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed off</a> on the Offer on the 8 October.</p>
<p>The Scheme Document has now been <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/1111/2020111100047.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">despatched</a>. The Court Meeting/EGM will be held on the 11 December. Assuming all falls into place, consideration under the Offer will be paid on or before the 31 December.</p>
<p>The IFA (Optima Capital) considers the Offer to be fair and reasonable.</p>
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<p>More below the fold.</p>
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Back on the 27 August, Leyou Technologies (1089 HK)  announced a take-private transaction by way of a Scheme from Tencent Holdings (700 HK) at $3.3219/share, a 30.27% premium over the closing price of HK$2.55/share on 19 September 2019, the last trading day prior to Leyou's announcing it was in preliminary discussions with various independent potential investors.


70.02% of shares out - primarily comprising chairman Charles Yuk's stake - have given irrevocables to vote in favour of the Scheme. Disinterested Shareholders comprise all shares out, therefore the blocking stake at the Scheme Meeting is 308.5mn shares or 10% of shares out. No single shareholder has such a stake. The headcount test applies. 


This is a very clean deal. 


Leyou's shares wobbled a little in September after gaming companies were asked by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on their security protocols in handling Americans' personal data. Those concerns were unfounded, and Canadian and US regulatory bodies signed off on the Offer on the 8 October.
The Scheme Document has now been despatched. The Court Meeting/EGM will be held on the 11 December. Assuming all falls into place, consideration under the Offer will be paid on or before the 31 December.
The IFA (Optima Capital) considers the Offer to be fair and reasonable.


More below the fold.


Leyou Tech (1089 HK): Offer Doc Despatched

<p>On the 30 September, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wanda-sports-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28119:1" rel="noopener">Wanda Sports Group (WSG US)</a> announced Dalian Wanda Group (DWG) had submitted a preliminary non-binding <a href="https://investor.wsg.cn/news-releases/news-release-details/wanda-sports-group-company-limited-announces-receipt-preliminary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> at US$2.50/ADS, a 38.9% premium to last close.</p>
<p>DWG currently owns all the Class B ordinary shares of WSG, representing ~71.68% of all the issued shares, and  ~91.01% of the voting power of the Company. </p>
<p>At this juncture, one would assume a "<em>going private transaction</em>" would be done via a short-form merger - therefore there will be no shareholder vote and no dissenting.</p>
<p>But the twist here is that WSG is incorporated in Hong Kong (one of the very few  US-listed Chinese companies incorporated in HK), therefore a take-private transaction <em>must</em> adhere to the law of their jurisdiction of incorporation. That raises the bar on DWG taking WSG private.</p>
<p>As always, more below the fold.</p>

On the 30 September, Wanda Sports Group (WSG US) announced Dalian Wanda Group (DWG) had submitted a preliminary non-binding proposal at US$2.50/ADS, a 38.9% premium to last close.
DWG currently owns all the Class B ordinary shares of WSG, representing ~71.68% of all the issued shares, and  ~91.01% of the voting power of the Company. 
At this juncture, one would assume a "going private transaction" would be done via a short-form merger - therefore there will be no shareholder vote and no dissenting.
But the twist here is that WSG is incorporated in Hong Kong (one of the very few  US-listed Chinese companies incorporated in HK), therefore a take-private transaction must adhere to the law of their jurisdiction of incorporation. That raises the bar on DWG taking WSG private.
As always, more below the fold.

Wanda Sports (WSG US): Preliminary Proposal From Dalian Wanda

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<p>On the 27 August, Leyou <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/0827/2020082701826.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a Scheme from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Holdings (700 HK)</a> at $3.3219/share.</p>
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<p>The Offer Price represents a 30.27% premium over the closing price of HK$2.55/share on 19 September 2019, which was the last trading day prior to Leyou's <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/0525/2020052501310.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcing</a> it was in preliminary discussions with various independent potential investors.</p>
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<p>Irrevocables in favour of the Scheme total 70.02% of shares out - primarily comprising Charles Yuk's stake - and the Scheme is conditional on 75% of shares out voting in favour of the Scheme.  Disinterested Shareholders comprise <em>all </em>shares out. Therefore the blocking stake at the Scheme Meeting is 308.5mn shares or 10% of shares out. No single shareholder has such a blocking stake. The headcount test applies as Leyou is Cayman-incorporated. </p>
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<p>This looks done.</p>
<p>But politics can be a fickle beast. Social media app WeChat was in Trump's crosshairs over what is deemed a possible risk to the national security of the US, concerning personal information making its way to China.  That perceived data risk has now spilled over into gaming platforms operating in the US.</p>
<p>Leyou's shares wobbled a little after gaming companies were asked by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) on their security protocols in handling Americans' personal data.</p>
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<p>Shares have now righted themselves - and indeed  - trade closer to terms. </p>
<p>As always, more below the fold.</p>
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On the 27 August, Leyou announced a Scheme from Tencent Holdings (700 HK) at $3.3219/share.


The Offer Price represents a 30.27% premium over the closing price of HK$2.55/share on 19 September 2019, which was the last trading day prior to Leyou's announcing it was in preliminary discussions with various independent potential investors.


Irrevocables in favour of the Scheme total 70.02% of shares out - primarily comprising Charles Yuk's stake - and the Scheme is conditional on 75% of shares out voting in favour of the Scheme.  Disinterested Shareholders comprise all shares out. Therefore the blocking stake at the Scheme Meeting is 308.5mn shares or 10% of shares out. No single shareholder has such a blocking stake. The headcount test applies as Leyou is Cayman-incorporated. 


This looks done.
But politics can be a fickle beast. Social media app WeChat was in Trump's crosshairs over what is deemed a possible risk to the national security of the US, concerning personal information making its way to China.  That perceived data risk has now spilled over into gaming platforms operating in the US.
Leyou's shares wobbled a little after gaming companies were asked by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) on their security protocols in handling Americans' personal data.


Shares have now righted themselves - and indeed  - trade closer to terms. 
As always, more below the fold.




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Leyou Technologies is a Chinese video game holding company that develops and publishes online multiplayer PC and console video games, including its main product Warframe. It also offers work-for-hire studio services and sells merchandise. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Admiralty, Hong Kong.

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