>>38948801GF are a private company, meaning you can’t buy shares unless they allow you to, in deals done outside stock exchanges. Public companies are ones that Amy member of the public can purchase shares in at a stock exchange, if they have enough money for it of course. The only way Nintendo can buy the 1/3 share that Gamefreak have in the Pokémon license is if Gamefteak allow them to.
>>38948841They’re the largest individual holder IIRC, but the rest of the holders are all GF employees and thus their interests are shared and they will oppose any attempt of Nintendo trying to acquire more ownership.
