What this is
The only recorded price for shares in The Pokémon Company: in October 2005 4Kids sold its 3% stake for $960,000, implying about $32m for the whole company.
How it’s built
- 4Kids Entertainment’s 2005 annual report records the sale to the remaining shareholders for $960,000, with a gain of $234,000.
- $960,000 ÷ 3% = $32m for 100%; the stake’s book value was $960,000 − $234,000 = $726,000.
What we assumed
- The price of a 3% stake scales up to the whole company.Simple pro rata. The buyers were the existing owners, so the price was set inside the owner group, not in a market.
Sanity check
Not a market price and not a valuation comparable: at about book value, it looks like a formula price among insiders.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
- Filed4Kids’ stake in TPC, 2001–20053%
- FiledIn October 2005 4Kids sold its 3% stake in The Pokémon Company to the remaining shareholders for $960,000, booking a $234,000 gain$0.96m
Show the working
- Proceeds $ k: 960
- Stake: 3%
- Implied 100pct $ m: 32
- Gain $ k: 234
- Carrying $ k: 726
- $960k / 0.03 = $32.0m
- carrying 960 − 234 = $726k