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Zynga acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Zynga bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Small Giant Games Oy ("Small Giant")
Word for word“On January 2, 2019, we acquired 80% of Small Giant, the creators of Empire & Puzzles for total purchase price consideration of $717.9 million, which includes a mix of both cash and Zynga common stock.” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionOn January 2, 2019—
Gram Games
Word for word“For example, in the fourth quarter of 2017, we acquired the casual card game division of Peak Games, in the second quarter of 2018, we acquired Gram Games and in early 2019, we acquired a controlling interest in Small Giant Games Oy ("Small Giant").” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionin the second quarter of 2018—
casual card game division of Peak Games (Casual Cards games)
Word for word“For example, in the fourth quarter of 2017, we acquired the casual card game division of Peak Games, in the second quarter of 2018, we acquired Gram Games and in early 2019, we acquired a controlling interest in Small Giant Games Oy ("Small Giant").” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionin the fourth quarter of 2017—
Building (headquarters building)
Word for word“The overall use of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash was partially offset by $580.5 million of net proceeds from the Building Sale.” 10-K for 2019
divestiture—$580.5 million of net proceeds from the Building Sale
Peak Oyun Yazılım ve Pazarlama Anonim Şirketi (Peak)
Word for word“On July 1, 2020, we acquired Peak, the creators of Toon Blast and Toy Blast – which popularized the ‘collapse’ mechanic within match-3 puzzle games – for total purchase consideration of $2.1 billion, which included a mix of both cash and Zynga common stock.” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionOn July 1, 2020total purchase consideration of $2.1 billion
Rollic Games Oyun Yazılım ve Pazarlama Anonim Şirketi (Rollic)
Word for word“On October 1, 2020, we acquired 80% of the equity interest in Rollic, marking our entrance into the mobile games hyper-casual market for total purchase consideration of $228.2 million.” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionOn October 1, 2020total purchase consideration of $228.2 million
Gram Games Teknoloji A.S. (Gram Games)
Word for word“For example, in the second quarter of 2018, we acquired Gram Games Teknoloji A.S. (“Gram Games”), in early 2019, we acquired a controlling interest in Small Giant Games Oy (“Small Giant”), in July 2020, we acquired Peak Oyun Yazılım ve Pazarlama Anonim Şirketi (“Peak”) after having purchased its casual card game division in the fourth quarter of 2017, and in October 2020 we acquired a controlling interest in Rollic Games Oyun Yazılım ve Pazarlama Anonim Şirketi (“Rollic”).” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionin the second quarter of 2018—
Headquarters building (Building Sale)
Word for word“The decrease was primarily attributable to the $314.2 million gain recognized on the sale of our headquarters during 2019 (the “Building Sale”) and subsequent elimination of $6.9 million of net rental income as a result of the Building Sale, as well as a $17.5 million increase in foreign exchange transaction losses during 2020, primarily associated with remeasurement of an intercompany loan with one of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries.” 10-K for 2020
divestitureduring 2019$314.2 million gain recognized on the sale
Chartboost, Inc.
Word for word“Later, on August 2, 2021, we acquired Chartboost, adding a unified advertising platform and mediation capabilities which provides Zynga all of the elements of a complete, next generation advertising platform.” 10-K for 2021
acquisitionAugust 2, 2021—
Echtra Games
Word for word“• Acquisitions. On March 2, 2021, we acquired Echtra Games, adding a development team with extensive cross-platform play experience as well as proprietary cross-platform development tools and technologies.” 10-K for 2021
acquisitionMarch 2, 2021—
Lvy Technology Limited, StarLark, and the Golf Rival mobile game franchise
Word for word“Acquisition of StarLark and Lvy Technology Limited (“Lvy”) On October 5, 2021 (the “StarLark Closing Date”), the Company acquired Lvy, StarLark, the Golf Rival mobile game franchise – in which players compete in real-time player-versus-player golf matches – and related other games and certain other specified assets and liabilities in a series of related closings, in exchange for consideration of $276.0 million in cash, $40.0 million of cash that was deposited into an escrow account for a period of 15 months as security for certain indemnification obligations of the sellers and the issuance of 20,009,528 shares of Class A common stock of Zynga, valued at $145.7 million on the StarLark Closing Date.” 10-K for 2021
acquisitionOn October 5, 2021$276.0 million in cash
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$33.6 million$23.2 million
2017-12-31$133.7 million$86.7 million
2018-12-31—$224.3 million
2019-12-31—$531.2 million
2020-12-31—$1.65 billion
2021-12-31—$475.5 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Zynga’s annual reports (10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020, 10-K for 2019) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2022-02-25. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.