{"id":29801,"date":"2025-07-28T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/?p=29801"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:01:31","slug":"paramount-and-skydance-set-merger-in-motion-completion-planned-for-7-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/2025\/07\/28\/paramount-und-skydance-setzen-fusion-in-bewegung-abschluss-fuer-den-7-august-2025-geplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Merger of Paramount and Skydance planned by August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29801\" class=\"elementor elementor-29801\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb8271d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default creativo-sticky-disabled\" data-id=\"eb8271d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbcb817\" data-id=\"6bbcb817\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b76af4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b76af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"834\"><strong data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"337\">New York, 25 July 2025<\/strong> - A new chapter in the US media landscape is about to begin: Paramount Global and Skydance Media have announced that their highly anticipated merger is expected to close on 7 August 2025. With the completion of the transaction, the stock ticker will also change - the new company, \"New Paramount\", will operate under the acronym <strong data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"694\">PSKY<\/strong> traded on the Nasdaq. The previous stock codes <strong data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"761\">PARA<\/strong> (Class B) and <strong data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"785\">PARAA<\/strong> (Class A) are thus disappearing from the scene.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"888\">Deadlines for shareholders: What to consider now<\/h3><p data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"1120\">In the course of the merger, Paramount shareholders will have the opportunity to choose what kind of consideration they would like to receive for their shares - such as cash or new shares in \"New Paramount\". Different deadlines apply:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1494\"><li data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1261\"><p data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1261\"><strong data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1180\">For shareholders with a direct entry in the share register<\/strong> the option ends on <strong data-start=\"1210\" data-end=\"1258\">31 July 2025 at 17:00 (New York time)<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1393\"><p data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1393\"><strong data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1319\">Employees with shares in the Morgan Stanley Stock Plan<\/strong> must have made their decision by <strong data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1382\">28 July at 16:00<\/strong> meet.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1394\" data-end=\"1494\"><p data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1494\"><strong data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1427\">Participants in the 401(k) plan<\/strong> from Paramount have the same cut-off date: <strong data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1493\">28 July at 16:00<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1630\">Those who do not make their decision in time or do not submit a valid vote automatically receive the share compensation provided for.<\/p><p data-start=\"1632\" data-end=\"1780\">Shareholders who hold their shares through banks or brokers should also be aware that these institutions can set their own, earlier deadlines.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"1811\">New stock ticker - PSKY<\/h3><p data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"2123\">Upon completion of the transaction, the shares of the new parent company will be issued under the name \"New Paramount\" as <strong data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"1935\">PSKY<\/strong> traded on the Nasdaq. The existing Paramount shares will no longer be listed after the closing. This marks the end of an era - and the beginning of a new one with the support of Skydance.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"2125\" data-end=\"2159\">More than just a name change<\/h3><p data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2464\">The merger is more than just a rebranding: Skydance, previously better known as a film studio, is bringing a breath of fresh air and a new strategic direction to the media empire. The aim of the merger is to create synergies and better position the combined company for the digital age.<\/p><p data-start=\"3009\" data-end=\"3364\">The merger between Paramount and Skydance marks a significant upheaval in the media landscape. While fans and analysts are eagerly awaiting the new strategy of the combined company, shareholders should keep an eye on their deadlines - because those who do not vote in time will lose influence in the conversion of their shares.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80f46 e-flex e-con-boxed creativo-sticky-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f80f46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27580de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27580de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramount.com\/press\/paramount-and-skydance-announce-anticipated-closing-date-deadlines-to-elect-merger-consideration-and-change-of-ticker-symbol-effective-at-the-closing\">To the press release<\/a><\/h3><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5><strong>Image generated with AI, chat GPT<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, 25 July 2025 \u2013 A new chapter in the US media landscape is about to begin: Paramount Global and Skydance Media have announced that their eagerly awaited merger is expected to take place on 7\u2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":29802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-minimal.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51,53,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filmwirtschaft","category-news","category-transaktionen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29801"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29810,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29801\/revisions\/29810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}