Overview
- The consortium agreed to pay $210 per share in cash, representing roughly a 25% premium to the prior close.
- Financing includes $36 billion from investors and about $20 billion of debt underwritten by JPMorgan Chase.
- Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will keep its roughly 9.9% stake as a minority holder while Silver Lake and Affinity Partners acquire the remaining shares.
- EA’s board approved the take‑private, and the company expects its shares to be delisted once the transaction closes between April and June pending regulatory review.
- The purchase ranks among the largest video‑game deals to date and has prompted questions about future governance and culture given the involvement of PIF and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners.