- A minority shareholder has accused Ubisoft of being “terribly poorly managed” and plans to protest outside the company’s headquarters in Paris
- JURAJ KRUPA, CEO of AJ Investments states that Ubisoft could not reveal acquisition discussions between Microsoft, EA and others
- Krúpa also claimed that the company has been intentionally “hiding information”
JURAJ KRUPA, CEO DE AJ INVESTMENTS AND MINORITY ACTIONATOR IN UBISOFT, has accused the Assassin’s Creed Editor of being “horribly badly managed by current management” and is planning a protest outside the company’s headquarters in Paris.
According to a statement shared with IGN, Krúpa states that Ubisoft did not reveal acquisition discussions and pointed out a restricted article published on the investment platform, Mergermarket, which alleged “discussions between Microsoft, EA and others that are interested in acquiring UBISOFT IPS.”
Krupa states that: “Management did not report [the] public about these steps either. “
The investor also claimed that the company has been intentionally “hiding information”, namely an association with the Saudi Investment Company in relation to a Assassin’s Creed Mirage Downloadable content (DLC).
Krúpa wants a “clear road map for the recovery” of the Senior of Ubisoft to address “the decline value of the shareholders, the dazzled operational execution and the inability to adapt effectively to market trends.”
Since then, Ubisoft has shared a statement with IGN in response to Krúpa’s claims, saying: “As we mentioned during our sales of the third quarter, the review of several strategic and capitalist options transformative is in progress.
“The Board has established an Ad-Hoc Independent Committee to supervise this formal and competitive process, in order to extract the best value of Ubisoft assets and franchises for all interested parties. Ubisoft will inform the market in accordance with the applicable regulations if and a transaction materializes.”
In October 2024, Bloomberg reported that Ubisoft was considering selling almost the entire company to Tencent. At that time, Ubisoft could not offer more details, but told IGN that “he would inform the market if appropriate.”
