TOKYO : Shares of Japan's Kadokawa were set to fall by their daily limit on Friday after the media powerhouse behind the "Elden Ring" game announced a capital tie-up with Sony instead of a widely anticipated acquisition.
The two companies said on Thursday that Sony would invest about 50 billion yen ($317 million) in Kadokawa, which will issue new shares to the technology giant to make it the top shareholder with a stake of about 10 per cent.
Early on Friday in Tokyo, Kadokawa's shares were untraded with a glut of sell orders at the day's limit low of 3,689 yen. The stock had surged about 45 per cent since reports emerged of the acquisition talks a month ago. "There had been expectations of a premium through a tender offer bid (by Sony), but those expectations receded," said Hideki Yasuda, senior analyst at Toyo Securities.
Shares of Sony rose more than 2 per cent, with traders saying the limited capital tie-up with Kadokawa would leave room to allocate funds to other projects. The benchmark Nikkei average was roughly flat.
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