King Digital Entertainment, the Dublin-based game maker behind the smash hit "Candy Crush Saga," is relying on Brunswick Group for PR counsel as it pursues an initial public offering.
King, which operations in London and Mountain View, Calif., filed Feb. 18 for the IPO.
The 11-year-old company claims 128M daily active users, mostly via mobile devices. In addition to Candy Crush Saga, King's top games include "Pet Rescue Saga," "Farm Heroes Saga" and "Papa Pear Saga."
King, which listed a proposed offering price of $500M, said revenue exploded from $22M in Q1 of 2012 to $602M in Q4 of 2013 as it swung from a loss in 2011 to a $568M profit in 2013.
Susannah Clark is senior director of global communications for King, based in London.
Edelman handles Viking Holdings, the river and ocean luxury cruise line that plans to raise $1B via an IPO priced in the $21 to $25 per share range.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
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