Deal record
The Walt Disney Company acquires Twenty-First Century Fox
Strategic acquisition · Recorded status: Completed
Verified findings
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Recorded deal
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- Transaction type
- Strategic acquisition
- Recorded status
- Completed
- Announced
- Dec. 14, 2017
- Closed
- March 20, 2019
- Recorded value
- approximately $71.3 billion, cash and stock
Recorded parties
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- AcquirerThe Walt Disney CompanyCompany
- TargetTwenty-First Century Fox, Inc.Company
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