Sony to Receive 150 Million Dollars from Sale of its Square Enix Shares

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kowenicki said:
Hmmm. Basic lack of accounting understanding here.

Just $47m of that is profit.

Over $100m of it is the return of their OWN original investment.

So the profit gain that will show on the accounts next FY is $47m dollars. The rest is a balance sheet swap of an investment to cash.

$47m is a welcome windfall, but kinda tiny in the grand scheme of things for a company of this size.

Thanks for making sense of these types of things, kowen. 

How many shares did they have? (If it's in the article, I didn't read it. Who clicks on links?!)