Electronic Arts Going Private in Record LBO

27 days ago

Tom Keen/Paul Sweeney/Melissa Matteo

"They agreed to sell to a group of private investors, right? ... paying $210 per share in cash for the company. So that represents a 25% premium to where shares traded before the talks even leaked on Friday."

Electronic Arts (EA) is being acquired in the largest leveraged buyout on record at a premium of 25%. The deal, backed by prominent investors including Silver Lake Management and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, highlights a strategic move to ease quarterly earnings pressures while capitalizing on upcoming game releases such as Battlefield 6.

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