leftcoast Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 First Marvel, now Star Wars. Disney basically owns my entire childhood. I'm kind of surprised it went for only $4B, but I believe Lucas was the only shareholder and for him finding the right buyer may have been more important than maximizing the sale price. Kind of like the private businesses Buffett likes to acquire. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/10/30/mickey-meet-yoda-disney-to-buy-lucasfilm-for-4-05-billion/ Also, episode 7 is in development. Oh, and one last observation... it's interesting to see both Pixar and LucasFilm now part of the same company, since Pixar was started inside Lucas a long, long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 While the general media is consumed with Sandy (for good reasons), it seems to me there are a healthy amount of M/A activity this week (Sun-Wed, at least). PVH to Buy Warnaco Group for $2.9 Billion Disney to buy Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion Carlyle to Buy Diversey Japan for $377 Million Bayer to Buy Schiff Nutrition for $1.2 Billion Riverbed Technology to Buy Opnet for $993 Million Clean Harbors to Acquire Safety-Kleen for $1.25 Billion Maybe I'm making a big deal out of nothing. But it's interesting for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deepValue Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Capital gains tax hike on horizon = short-term boost to M&A activity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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