🎵 2022-09-07 17:41:18 - Paris/France.
Kobalt Music Group yangokhala "unicorn" - koma muyenera kudziwa mbiri yaposachedwa yamakampani anu oimba kuti mumvetsetse chifukwa chake.
Choyamba, lero (Seputembala 7), Kobalt adatsimikizira, monga momwe MBW adaneneratu mwezi watha, kuti kampani yachinsinsi ya Francisco Partners (FP) ikupeza gawo lalikulu mubizinesi yake.
MBW ikumvetsetsa kuti, ngati mgwirizanowu ukufotokozerani zoyendetsera / zotsekera, gawo lalikulu la FP ku Kobalt likhala lofanana ndi 90% yamakampani oimba.
Panthawi imodzimodziyo, ogulitsa ena awiri atsopano adzalandira magawo ochepa ku Kobalt nthawi imodzi: MUSIC ndi Matt Pincus, kuphatikizapo Dundee Partners. (Pincus alowa nawo gulu la oyang'anira a Kobalt mgwirizano ukatha.)
Zimamvekanso kuti woyambitsa Kobalt Willard Ahdritz apitiliza kukhala ndi gawo laling'ono pakampaniyo.
Kutenga kwa Kobalt kunali kwamtengo pafupifupi $750 miliyoni, malinga ndi anthu omwe amadziwa bwino za mgwirizanowu akulankhula ndi MBW.
Koma kugulitsa uku kumangokhudza Kobalt momwe zilili lero (Kobalt Music Edition more AMRA).
Bwererani pakangotha chaka chimodzi ndipo mudzakumbukira kuti Sony Music idapeza mabizinesi awiri kuchokera ku Kobalt Music Group - nsanja yojambulidwa ya AWAL, kuphatikiza Ufulu wa Kobalt Woyandikana nawo - pamtengo wotsimikizika wa $430 miliyoni.
Chifukwa chake Kobalt Music Group idagulitsidwa pafupifupi pafupifupi 1,2 biliyoni ($750 miliyoni + $430 miliyoni).
Chifukwa chake, mu jargon ya Investor, Kobalt adapeza "unicorn", kutanthauza kuyambika komwe "kumasula" kuposa $ XNUMX biliyoni.
Osati kuti gulu la oyang'anira a Kobalt "akutuluka."
Pambuyo pa mgwirizano ndi Francisco Partners, Willard Ahdritz adzakhalabe Wapampando wa Kobalt, pamene kampaniyo idzapitiriza kutsogoleredwa ndi Laurent Hubert (CEO), Jeannette Perez (Wapampando ndi COO), Catrin Drabble (CFO) ndi Nuno Guerreiro (CTO). ).
M'mawu atolankhani, Kobalt adati ndalama za FP "zithandizira kupitiliza kwa AMRA, kukulitsa luso laukadaulo la Kobalt, ndikukulitsa phazi la Kobalt monga wofalitsa woyamba wa nyimbo zapadziko lonse lapansi".
Francisco Partners ndi kampani yaku US yogulitsa ndalama padziko lonse lapansi yomwe ili ndi ndalama pafupifupi $45 biliyoni yomwe idakwera mpaka pano.
Chaka chatha, idapeza kampani ina yodziwika bwino ya nyimbo - nsanja yopanga nyimbo Native Instruments - pamtengo wosadziwika.
Pokambirana za kugulitsa kwakukulu kwa bizinesi yake ku FP, Willard Ahdritz, Woyambitsa ndi Wapampando wa Kobalt, adati, "Kwa zaka zoposa 20, Kobalt wakhala mtsogoleri wa nyimbo ndi teknoloji pamtima pa zomwe tikuyang'ana, ndipo sindingathe kuganiza za Investigation yabwino kuposa a Francisco Partners kuti athandizire masomphenya athu ndikuyika ndalama mozama muzatukuko zathu zamaukadaulo ndi ntchito zopanga.
"Podziwa gulu la Francisco Partners kwa zaka ziwiri, ndili wokondwa kuwaitanira kubanja la Kobalt. Ndikuyembekezera kugwira nawo ntchito ngati Purezidenti wa Kobalt. Thandizoli ndi umboni wa zomwe tapanga ku Kobalt, ndipo tidzapitirizabe kuyesetsa kukonza makampani athu.
"Ndikufunanso kuthokoza mwapadera kwa aliyense amene adakhulupirira Kobalt kuyambira pachiyambi: osunga ndalama, makasitomala ndi antchito, omwe athandizira kupanga kampani yayikulu iyi, yosintha masewera kwa opanga. »
Laurent Hubert, CEO wa Kobalt, anawonjezera kuti: "Kobalt wakhala wothandizira kusintha kwa zaka 20, ndipo chifukwa chake, tapanga chizindikiro chodabwitsa komanso malo opangira opanga abwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
"Tikuyembekezera kugwira ntchito ndi Francisco Partners kuti tiyambe mutu wotsatira wa luso la Kobalt.
"Kuphatikizana kwaukadaulo waukadaulo wa FP komanso kumvetsetsa kwathu mozama zamakampani opanga nyimbo kudzatsimikizira kuti Kobalt akuwonjezera kufikira kwake komanso zotsatira zake ngati wofalitsa nyimbo padziko lonse lapansi." Ntchito yathu yolimbikitsa kusintha kopindulitsa kwa onse opanga ikupitilira.
Matt Spetzler, Francisco Partners, adati: "Ndalama zathu ziyenera kutithandiza kubweretsa zambiri, luso komanso kulumikizana kuti tipitilize kupanga Kobalt malo osankhidwa kwa opanga, kupititsa patsogolo AMRA ngati njira yokhayo yapadziko lonse lapansi yoperekera ziphaso za digito, komanso kuthandizira ndikuyika ndalama muukadaulo. . luso kudera la Kobalt kuti likwaniritse zosowa za opanga ndi osindikiza. »
Ndipo Mario Razzini, Francisco Partners, adawonjezeranso kuti, "Tikukhulupirira kuti Kobalt ndiye ndipo akuyenera kukhala nsanja yayikulu kwaopanga odziyimira pawokha, ndipo tikuyembekeza kuwathandiza kuti akwaniritse izi mwakuthupi komanso mwachilengedwe. »
(Kuti "zosakhazikika" ndizofunikira: Ahdritz ndi Hubert de Kobalt akuuza MBW kuti mothandizidwa ndi FP, Kobalt tsopano akufunafuna kabukhu ndikupeza mabizinesi kuti athandizire kupititsa patsogolo bizinesi yake m'zaka zikubwerazi.)
Pambuyo pa kugulitsidwa kwa AWAL ndi Kobalt Neighboring Rights, Kobalt Music Group inayang'ana pamagulu awiri ofunikira amalonda: Kobalt Music Publishing ndi kampani yake yapadziko lonse yosonkhanitsa digito, AMRA.
Pakadali pano, bungwe loyang'anira ndalama la Kobalt, Kobalt Capital, lidathandizira kugulitsa ndalama ziwiri za nyimbo pazaka ziwiri zapitazi kwa ndalama zonse. 1,4 biliyoni:
Malinga ndi zikalata zomwe zaperekedwa ku Companies House ku UK, ndalama zonse za Kobalt Music Group (kupatula ndalama zoyendetsera katundu) mchaka chachuma cha 2021 (miyezi 12 mpaka kumapeto kwa Juni 2021) Madola mamiliyoni a 519,4.
(Chiwerengerochi sichikuphatikiza ndalama zochokera ku AWAL kapena maufulu oyandikana nawo a Kobalt omwe akugulitsidwa pano.)
Zinali pamwamba 11% pamlingo wokhazikika poyerekeza ndi Madola mamiliyoni a 465,9 Kobalt adawonetsa chaka chatha.
Kobalt adauza MBW kuti tsopano ikuyembekeza ndalama zopezera ndalama zamakampani USD Madola mamiliyoni a 625 dans mwana panopa chaka chandalama (mpaka kumapeto kwa June 2022).
Kobalt akuyembekezanso kutha chaka chandalama ndi pafupifupi Madola mamiliyoni a 65 mu phindu la EBITDA.
Goldman Sachs adakhala ngati mlangizi wazachuma ku Kobalt pakugulitsa FP, pomwe Raine Gulu adakhala ngati mlangizi wazachuma ku Francisco Partners.
Kobalt Music Group ili ndi nyimbo zopitilira 700, olemba nyimbo 000 ndi osindikiza 30, kuphatikiza Roddy Ricch, Max Martin, FINNEAS, Karol G, Andrew Watt, Stevie Nicks, Phoebe Bridgers, The Lumineers, Gunna, Justin Quiles, The Foo Fighters ndi Paul McCartney. Music Business Padziko Lonse
SOURCE: Ndemanga za News
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