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Online game maker Digital Arts agrees report $55bn buyout to go non-public

By Editorial Board Published September 29, 2025 2 Min Read
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Online game maker Digital Arts agrees report bn buyout to go non-public

Digital Arts (EA) is to be taken non-public below a $55bn (£41bn) buyout – a report sum for such a deal.

Beneath the phrases, non-public fairness agency Silver Lake Companions, Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF) and Affinity Companions can pay the online game maker’s shareholders $210 per share.

The sum represents a premium of 25% on EA’s closing share value final Thursday, earlier than the Wall Road Journal first reported that an announcement was shut.

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The full worth exceeds the $32bn value paid to take Texas utility TXU non-public in 2007. Round $20bn of the acquisition value can be made up of financing.

There’s been a rebound in world dealmaking as decrease central financial institution rates of interest deliver borrowing prices down.

The deal for the maker of Battlefield, FC 26 and The Sims additionally represents confidence within the restoration for blockbuster recreation franchises following a post-pandemic downturn that noticed avid gamers turn into cautious on their spending.

EA’s sports activities portfolio has been its strongest performer on account of its world enchantment and that in-game spending has remained resilient.

The transaction is topic to shareholder and regulatory approval.

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