Raúl Berdonés and Pablo Jimeno launch a takeover bid to control 80% of Grupo Secuoya

The founders of Secuoya, Raúl Berdonés and Pablo Jimeno, executive president and general director, respectively of Sequoia Group, announce a takeover bid to acquire the majority of the content company's capital.

Specifically, the founders of the group announce a public acquisition offer for 55% of the capital currently in the hands of Alantra, which added to the current 25%, represents the 80% of the shareholders, with a premium over the current share price value of 55.9% and a company value of 127.5 million euros. In this way, Secuoya confirms itself as the only independent international content group with Spanish shareholders, with the clear objective of consolidating itself as a global studio.

Coinciding with this transformation of the shareholding structure, the company will soon announce the group's business strategy for the coming years, with a firm purpose: to lead the world of Spanish-speaking content production in the world.

This renovation aims to integrate the best creative talent and the most prominent producers in the Spanish-speaking market.
Since its inception, Grupo Secuoya has strongly opted for internationalization. Today we operate continuously in four markets: the United States, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe. It is currently a company with more than 2,000 permanent workers and 10,000 collaborators in our different productions developed in the last year, which operate at their headquarters in Los Angeles, Miami, Mexico City, Bogotá, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Madrid, has more than 500 clients around the world and more than two billion views.

With Secuoya Studios, as the protagonist of the execution of the comprehensive 360º operation strategy of its content business, the company is firmly committed to the best talent in Spanish, both at a creative and executive level, with the clear objective of generating the best stories for the global market.

David Martínez, Alfredo Pérez de Albéniz and Eduardo Campoy They direct the creative areas of the studio, Unscripted, Film and Fiction, to which are added the Stories departments, led by Eduardo Galdo, Production Services y Commercial & Distribution, este último liderado por el equipo de Sergio Pizzolante, located in the Miami office.

The study, chaired by James Costos From the headquarters in Beverly Hills (Los Angeles), it is committed to large local productions with a global vision, with the highest standards of Hollywood productions based on international creation, development and distribution models.

Secuoya Studios also provides production services to international projects through the area headed by José María González-Sinde. The studio has the support of the best VFX, post-production and recording teams, all in a unique audiovisual ecosystem in the world, thanks to World Content City. A pioneering set platform spread across four countries, which will enable up to 47 sets, making Secuoya Studios unique and differential with the total integration of all processes, from creation, development, production facilities (sets, cameras, VFX and post-production) and content distribution, with a model similar to that of the major Hollywood majors.

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