PLBY Group rises after announcement of $22.35M equity investment by Byborg
seekingalpha
2024-10-31
hanibaram
PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY), which owns the brand Playboy, was up ~35% Thursday pre-market after the group announced a $22.35M equity investment by Byborg Enterprises.
Byborg, a privately-held online entertainment company, has agreed to purchase 14.9M newly issued, unregistered shares of common stock at $1.50 per share.
The transaction is expected to close on or before November 8.
Concurrently, Byborg and PLBY Group have signed a non-binding letter of intent for the licensing of certain Playboy digital intellectual property and operating certain Playboy digital businesses.
The LOI includes $20M in annual minimum guaranteed payments to PLBY over the initial 15-year term for a total of $300M. It also includes a profit share based on performance.
The two parties expect to enter into definitive agreements before 2024-end.