Bloomberg: Guillemot family and Tencent weighing buyout of Ubisoft

Ubisoft‘s founding Guillemot family, which has a 14 percent sake in the company, and Tencent, which has a 9.99 percent stake, have reportedly been speaking with advisers to explore ways to stabilize Ubisoft and bolster its value after losing more than half of its market value in 2024, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter, with one of the possibilities being a collaborative buyout to take the company private.

Some minority shareholders such as AJ Invest have recently pushed for Ubisoft to privatize or sell the company.

Considerations are reportedly at an early stage and there is no certainty a transaction will occur. Other alternatives are said to also be in consideration.