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Web gaming firm Miniclip hires advisers for new sale attempt: sources

19
Aug
2014

By Pamela Barbaglia and Anjuli Davies LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s largest online games companies, Miniclip, has hired advisers to find a buyer after previous attempts to sell it fell through, according to several sources familiar with the firm. Miniclip is hoping to fetch up to $400 million and could draw interest from “Candy Crush Saga” maker King Digital Entertainment , said the sources who declined to be named because the matter is confidential. It founders had previously been in talks to sell to Walt Disney Co. and “Farmville” creator Zynga , but no deal was struck, the sources added. Rothschild is advising Miniclip on the latest sale process, one of the sources said.

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