P.S. <\/strong>Hollywood\u2019s latest round of consolidation is still playing out, and there are plenty of questions about what comes after it. The people who price, finance and navigate these deals take the stage at TheGrill on Sept. 30. Subscribers get 30% off with code WRAPPROVIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Investing in Soccer by Betting on Youth Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The World Cup raised U.S. interest in soccer, and many investors looked for ways to cash in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nomadar last week made a bet on more youngsters playing the game, agreeing to acquire Fox Soccer Academy, which started its training business in New York 11 years ago, and now has facilities in North Carolina, the United Kingdom and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NASDAQ-traded Nomadar is now majority owned by the Cadiz soccer team, which plays in the second division of Spain\u2019s professional La Liga. Nomadar has been billed as the team\u2019s sports-technology business. To give you a sense of its imporance, Cadiz Club de Futbol shareholders will vote on Sept. 30 on a reverse spinoff that will make Nomadar the majority shareholder of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nomadar\u2019s CEO of Americas & Executive Vice Chairman Joaquin Martin told The Ledger that the company\u2019s tech-oriented sports platform is built around the team, with businesses in training young players, real estate development and digital products. \u201cWe are building a very unique model,\u201d Martin said. \u201cIt\u2019s a global connected ecosystem. The center of the ecosystem is the professional soccer club.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since going public last year, Nomadar hasn\u2019t posted a profitable quarter. In the second quarter, the company reported a net loss of $459,941, or 3 cents per share, as revenue doubled to $669,571.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Martin said its early days have been spent readying the company to set its operating units up and running while preparing for the reverse spin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt has been an intense 10 months because we have been achieving different milestones,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those milestones include acquiring land in Spain for the multi-purpose event center it is developing and preparing for the reverse spinoff. The next step is building its training division by acquiring Fox Soccer Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt the end of the day, we will have all the standards of a publicly traded company, access and possibilities to grow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nomadar is paying $2 million upfront for Fox plus a delayed payment of $2.6 million and up to a $1.5 million earnout. Fox was founded by Raluca Gold-Fuchs, a Goldman Sachs veteran, and her husband, Christian Fuchs, who played for Leicester City when it won the Premier League in 2016 and is now the assistant coach for Charlotte FC of the MLS. Nomadar has an option to buy the remaining interest in Fox for $4.4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fox has produced players that have been called for national teams. The Fuchs’ sons graduated <\/strong>from the program <\/strong>and have played in the professional in the MLS and in the U.K. Its revenue comes from tuition paid by their young players\u2019 families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gold-Fuchs said they got to know Nomadar through a friend. Fuchs said the combination of the science-based techniques Fox uses at its academy, plus the high-performance training program Cardiz employees in Europe will help young players advance to college and professional teams. Being connected to an historic professional team will also give Fox a boost, particularly in international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n Gold-Fuchs said Fox has expanded carefully so far and now has 2,100 players in its multiple locations. \u201cWe want to continue what we\u2019ve been doing well so far. Nomadar is adding this international aspect that we can provide to our players that other academies cannot,\u201d she said. \u201cWe will grow the same careful way we\u2019ve been growing until now. We definitely want to grow, but not in an aggressive way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fox has seen interest in soccer grow in the U.S. with Lionel Messi joining the MLS and the World Cup showing America\u2019s enthusiasm for the game, that growth is bound to continue, Gold-Fuchs said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe popularity will pick up, and the more money that goes into the sport, and the more good players you get into the sport, the more it’s going to grow,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sports investors are looking at modern multi-use facilities as an opportunity for teams to generate revenues beyond ticket sales and media rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The complex Nomadar is building in Cadiz will include a 35,000-seat venue for sports, cultural and music events, plus a convention center, hotel and shopping. It is expected to be completed at the end of 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, Nomadar is getting set to launch several products that combine the in-person experience it offers with digital experiences, Martin said. It has a subscription product for people who want to work for professional soccer teams, and it plans to launch a program for people who want to get some of the benefits of the Cadiz training regime without attending facilities in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nomadar is also looking at additional facilities it can build and, in the future, could expand by buying other professional teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cConnectivity Nomadar, which traded at $21 after it went public in a direct offering last October, closed Thursday at $1.53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Paramount-WBD Saga (Concluded?) <\/p>\n\n\n\n The billionaire Ellison family got its way and CEO David Ellison expects Paramount Skydance will close the $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in two weeks after reaching a settlement with a dozen state attorneys general, avoid a costly delays which were riddled with potential fees. The judge overseeing the case wants Paramout to address “certain outstanding questions” <\/a>and concerns raised by Sen. Corey Booker by Mondoay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Before the close, Paramount was still looking for financing and considered asking one-time trillionaire Elon Musk to be an equity investor<\/a>, according to Semafor<\/a>. On Thursday, it launched a syndication to raise $7.5 billion in debt<\/a> to help fund the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal settlement came after Paramount was seemingly ready to make good on its threat to move out of California, applying tremendous pressure on Attorney General Rob Bonta<\/a>. After the deal was reached, Ellison said the company\u2019s headquarters would remain in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What shocked many in Hollywood was not just the speed of the proceedings but how Paramount came out of this unscathed. The settlement did not require any significant \u201cstructural remedies,\u201d<\/a> such as the sale of cable channels, that Bonta contended were needed to address competitive concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 32-page consent decree, Paramount agreed to produce 30 films a year for two years, and 32 films the following three years. The company agreed to spend $1.5 billion over three years on domestic production and keep its studio lots open, and treat its cable channels as different entities when negotiating with distributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To answer concerns that the Trump-friendly Ellisons would now control CBS News and CNN, Paramount agreed to form an independent oversight board for the news operations, although press advocate groups expressed doubt the entity would have any influence on operations<\/a>. Connecticut AG William Tong had demanded that Paramount divest CNN and CBS and The Freedom of the Press Foundation already slammed the agreement as worthless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The settlement was also denounced by the Block the Merger coalition<\/a>. It got a better review from theater owners, which had already thrown their support behind a settlement a few weeks ago. The Writers Guild of America also settled its suit against Paramount, largely because it lacked the financial footing to mount a long-term battle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Barclay\u2019s analyst Kannan Venkateshwar called the terms of the settlement \u201crelatively benign\u201d for the company, although it limits its ability to make some near-term asset sales. The pledge not to sell studio lots \u201ccould be seen as an additional constraint limiting synergies but given the commitment to make 30 movies, the company will likely need this capacity in any case,” Venkateshwar said. \u201cThe focus will now turn to integration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venkateshwar also pointed out that as part of the WBD deal, the company would issue warrants attached to Class B shares. The warrants will be separately traded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile the warrants don\u2019t necessarily change the equity value today, they will result in incremental dilution when exercised but will also bring in cash when exercised of about $5.7 billion,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, the warrants have a long duration and will trade independently which means that this part of the capital structure will be valued on factors beyond just the immediate stock price.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Worth reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s how the companies in our Wrap 20 Index performed this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n FROM THEWRAP<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creatorverse: Youtube Wants to be Way More Than the Next Hollywood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n How Zach Cregger Powered \u2018Resident Evil\u2019 to Box Office Records<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bob Chapek Blames Bob Iger for His Disney Downfall, Stands by Theme Park Price Hikes in Memoir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winamp Is Back and Wants a Piece of Spotify\u2019s Busines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tech Elite Is Funding an Alternative to College<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fender Makes Enemies With a Messy Fight Over Its Iconic Strat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nTHE DEEP DIVE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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