M&A Deal Summary

Nippon Columbia Acquires Creative Core

On September 28, 2007, Nippon Columbia acquired media company Creative Core from TDK

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nippon Columbia’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Nippon Columbia’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-09-28
Target Creative Core
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Nippon Columbia
Sellers(s) TDK
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Creative Core

Tokyo, Japan
Creative Core, Ltd. is involved in planning, production, manufacturing and sale software of music software master discs, game software, school teaching materials, and study/education materials-use software.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nippon Columbia

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1910
Sector Media
Revenue 13.3B JPY (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Nippon Columbia is a record company that manufactures and distributes phonographs. The group produces and releases titles in a wide range of genres, from enka and kayokyoku, where it has impressive market shares, to J-POP, animation, educational, traditional, jazz and classics. Backed by a portfolio of more than 160,000 music pieces, its brand is well known all over Japan. Licensing fee revenues from tens of thousands of music works, managed by its music publishing subsidiary, and from master licenses held by Nippon Columbia provide a solid revenue base for the group. Furthermore, It operates in the area of game development, making secondary use of the existing contents and maintaining a direct sales business that offers customized products to businesses such as mail-order firms. Nippon Columbia is committed to creating hit titles with existing and emerging artists, and deepening its collaboration with the publishing, animation, and education industries, with the particular focus on expanding its lineup of animation and educational offerings. Nippon Columbia was formed in 1910 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TDK

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1935
Sector Electronics
Employees108,895
Revenue 2.20T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

TDK is an electronics company. TDK commercialize ferrite, a key material in electronic and magnetic products. TDK's portfolio includes electronic components, modules and systems* marketed under the product brands TDK and EPCOS, power supplies, magnetic application products as well as energy devices, flash memory application devices, and others. TDK was founded in 1935 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
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2012-01-10 Chiba Styrene Monomer

Tokyo, Japan

Chiba Styrene Monomer Ltd. is a manufacture of styrene monomer which used to make resins and synthetic rubber, with an annual production capacity of 270,000 tons. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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