Playboy Closes China Licensing Joint Venture Deal with United Trademark Group [Yahoo! Finance]
Playboy, Inc. (PLBY)
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
Playboy Makes Initial $15 Million Debt Pay Down with Transaction Proceeds Transaction Advances Asset-Light Strategy and Accelerates Debt Reduction LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Playboy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLBY) (the “Company” or “Playboy”), a global pleasure and leisure company, today announced the initial closing of its previously announced transaction to ultimately sell 50% of its China business to UTG Brands Management Group (“UTG”), an experienced consumer brands operator in China. UTG will now manage all operational aspects of Playboy's business activities in China, Hong Kong and Macau. At the initial closing, which occurred on March 20, 2026, UTG acquired a 16.67% equity interest in a joint venture entity that manages and licenses Playboy's intellectual property in China, Hong Kong and Macau (the “JV”) in exchange for $15 million, all of which Playboy used to pay down its senior secured debt. The Company will use nearly $37 million of the forthcoming transact
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