Electronic Arts Bombazo: It is sold to an investment consortium for $ 55,000 million

Electronic art shocked the video game industry after the agreement on the agreement Sell ​​a group led by the State Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) in exchange for $ 55,000 millionThe field of the transaction will be completely cash, and will also include silver and affinate partners as part of the buyer.

As part of the acquisition, electronic arts will stop quoting on a bag And the management of the company will take place private. This means that available shares will become in the hands of investors who carry out the transaction.

If the agreement is indicated, this will be the largest purchase to make a company that publicly cited in NASDAQ to a private one. One of the most famous previous experiments was Twitter, after buying Elon Musk in exchange for $ 44.2 billion.

According to Electronic Arts, a consortium consisting of Silver Lake, Affinity Partners and the State Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will buy 100 % of the company. EA shareholders will receive $ 210 for each actionWhich represents a 25 % increase in comparison with the closure of the market last Friday ($ 168.32).

Electronic art hopes to close its sale in 2027

Rumors that Electronic Arts planned to sell an investment group to stop quoting in the stock market, appeared last Friday. However, no one expected that the official announcement would appear so quickly. In other words, despite the announcement of this Monday, a transaction is It will not be immediateField

Although the EA Board of Directors approved the purchase by the investor by the consortium, he should still receive approval from shareholders and regulatory authorities. As soon as the agreement is completed, the Electronic Arts shares will cease to be available on the stock market.

The company expects an agreement It closes in the first quarter of 2027 of the financial year.The field in a similar way, it was confirmed that after the transaction completion there will be no changes in the company’s directive dome or in its location. This means that Andrew Wilson It will continue as a general director and that the main electronic art will continue in Redwood -City, California.

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