Witcher Dev CD Projekt Merges with Polish Company, Plans to Go Public

by Nick Breckon, Oct 02, 2009 1:00pm PDT

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CD Projekt, the Polish developer of the cult favorite PC RPG The Witcher, is set to be acquired by the "nearly defunct" Polish computer company Optimus S.A.

In an easily confusing set of financial trickery, the move will actually allow the owners of CD Projekt to become the owners of the new public company, enabling the once-private company to go public on the stock exchange.

"Since Optimus is a stock market company, CD Projekt will in fact go public and have access to all stock instruments," said a CD Projekt spokesperson to Kotaku. "Ultimately, this means money for future development of the whole company."

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I'm silly and stupid, but doesn't most of the money you get from being on the stock market come from your IPO, which in this case would have already happened? In a case like this, where does CD Projekt get money from the stock market?

Oct 02, 2009 1:11pm PDT

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I'm silly and stupid, but doesn't most of the money you get from being on the stock market come from your... : azshack
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  From us. We must send them money. : aasyranth
  - Send the checks to me. I'll make sure they get them. : vertdang
- The company probably has a ton of shares held by themselves. If cdprojeckt buys the company, and now the... : vertdang
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  I'm not stock market expert, so this is purely speculation on my part, but I would figure that a company'... : NoCopy
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    CD Projekt isn't buying out Optimus, Optimus is buying out CD Projekt in a pure stock sale. Presumably CD... : Chris Remo
    - From this story: the move will actually allow the owners of CD Projekt to become the owners of the new pu : NoCopy
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  It's because CD will be the new owners of Optimus computers. CD was a privately held company and Optimus... : ktseymour
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    So, CD Projekt will become Optimus Prime?
    
    Oct 02, 2009 2:35pm PDT
    
    So, CD Projekt will become Optimus Prime? : MeestaNob
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  For a company, the rationale for going to the stock market is not only the cash from the IPO itself, but ... : henrikb
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    Ok, that makes sense. I'm familiar with companies like Twitter and Facebook raising capital, wasn't aware... : azshack
    - However, this move should still be considered within the 'financial trickery' category. I've never heard ... : henrikb

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