Shares in Hasbro jumped $8.82, or 9.5 percent, to $101.23 in trading on Monday morning. Overall, the toy maker shrunk its net loss by 32 percent to $22.9 million or $0.17 per diluted share, driven in part by a loss recorded on assets held for sale related to the eOne Music business.
A charge of $101.8 million related to the loss on eOne Music assets and $7.3 million in related transaction costs were posted during the latest quarter.of the eOne Music business in the beginning of the fiscal third quarter 2021. The division was sold to entities controlled by Blackstone, which also own SESAC, a leading music rights organization purchased for a reported $1 billion in 2017.
The deal for eOne Music follows Hasbro acquiring eOne for $3.8 billion as part of a 2019 merger deal for the Canadian indie film and TV studio and distributor. That transaction included the eOne kids series
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