{"id":3274,"date":"2018-08-03T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/08\/03\/thunderbird-entertainment-to-go-public-via-golden-secret-ventures-transaction\/"},"modified":"2018-08-03T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:20:55","slug":"thunderbird-entertainment-to-go-public-via-golden-secret-ventures-transaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/08\/03\/thunderbird-entertainment-to-go-public-via-golden-secret-ventures-transaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Entertainment to go public via Golden Secret Ventures transaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pending approval of the transaction, which is expected to close by October, Thunderbird will be listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan Pinto \/ Playback<\/em> Thunderbird Entertainment is set to go public after it was announced Friday afternoon that\u00a0publicly traded company\u00a0Golden Secret Ventures is acquiring the Vancouver-based producer.<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the deal,\u00a0Golden Secret and Thunderbird will \u201ccomplete a business combination\u00a0pursuant to which Golden Secret will acquire 100% of the shares of Thunderbird via a reverse take-over.\u201d The combined entity will then be listed on the\u00a0TSX Venture Exchange.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy gaining access to public markets and new sources of capital, Thunderbird will be able to significantly ramp up its ability to acquire unique and important intellectual property and\u00a0create compelling content for multiple platforms,\u201d read a statement announcing the transaction, which\u00a0is expected to close by Oct. 1, 2018 (subject\u00a0to a number of conditions and approvals).<\/p>\n

On completion of the transaction, Thunderbird will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Secret. According to the release, Golden Secret will operate under the Thunderbird brand following the transaction.<\/p>\n

Thunderbird generated revenues of\u00a0$131 million, net income of\u00a0$3.7 million\u00a0and adjusted EBITDA of\u00a0$8.3 million for the nine months ending\u00a0March 31, 2018. The company said\u00a0its current production slate for the Thunderbird group of companies includes roughly 20 projects with aggregate budgets in excess of\u00a0$150 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking Thunderbird public will allow the company to continue building its reputation as one of the world\u2019s fastest growing production studios, with a strategy of creating quality content that has both national and international reach,\u201d said\u00a0Jennifer Twiner McCarron, CEO of Thunderbird.<\/p>\n

Thunderbird was formed in 2003 by Tim Gamble and in recent years has expanded through a combination of organic and acquisitive growth. In 2014<\/a>, Thunderbird acquired factual producer Great Pacific Media, while in 2015 it acquired animation studio Atomic Cartoons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pending approval of the transaction, which is expected to close by October, Thunderbird will be listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Jordan Pinto \/ Playback Thunderbird Entertainment is set to go public after it was announced Friday afternoon that\u00a0publicly traded company\u00a0Golden Secret Ventures is acquiring the Vancouver-based producer. 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