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Dmitry Vlasov ...
  • Ildar Davletshin, CFA

WOOD Flash – Nexters: acquires three gaming companies for USD 100m

Nexters has entered agreements to acquire three gaming companies, investing USD 100m (c.6% of its market cap) to expand in midcore genres and diversify its portfolio further. The company plans to accelerate its product growth and consolidation strategy. Nexters will finance this transaction using a mix of cash on balance and a new share issuance. The company may issue up to 1.4m new shares to partially finance the transaction, which is less than 1% of the total shares outstanding. The company had a USD 105m cash balance as of 3Q21, with no debt. Nexters has a highly cash-generative profile; we assume that the 2021E and 2022E FCF at USD 91m and USD 177m, respectively.
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NEXTERS INC

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Wood and Company
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Dmitry Vlasov

Ildar Davletshin, CFA

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