Daouincube, Inc. agreed to acquire 80% stake in BomComics Co., Inc. for KRW 460 million.
June 13, 2017
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Daouincube, Inc. (KOSE:A020120) agreed to acquire 80% stake in BomComics Co., Inc. for KRW 460 million on June 14, 2017. Under the terms of transaction, Daouincube, Inc. will acquire 0.8 million shares of BomComics Co., Inc. For the year ended December 31, 2016, BomComics Co., Inc. reported total assets of KRW 542 million, net liabilities of KRW 2.1 billion, revenue of KRW 4.3 billion and net loss for KRW 1.5 billion. The transaction was resolved by Board of Daouincube, Inc. on June 14, 2017. Younghoon Kim, Chief Executive Officer of Bomcomics Co.,Ltd. changed into the Director of the Daouincube, Inc. per the amendment received on June 28, 2017. The transaction is expected to be completed by June 30, 2017. As per the amendment received on June 28, 2017, the transaction is now expected to close on July 3, 2017.
KidariStudio Inc, formerly Daouincube, is a Korea-based company engaged in the provision of technological solutions to publishing industry. It provides solutions for creating rich media contents deliverables for multi-channels including tablet personal computers, smart phones and other interactive electronic devices. It operates two business divisions. Its Quark division specializes in domestic operation and marketing for QuarkXPress products and Quark solutions, which are software used in desktop publishing (DTP) electronic publishing and editing sectors. Its E-Book division provides conversion solutions, which enables automatic conversion of original publication made by QuarkXPress to ePub files. On February 20, 2014, the Company sold its entire shares of Smartphy, a Korea-based company engaged in the manufacturing of semiconductor development.