Video game Mega-publisher Electronic Arts plans to accept the company in a transaction that can cost up to $ 50 billion, according to reports from Wall Street JournalIN ReutersAnd Financial timesField
All three stores give anonymous sources in the message that the transaction can be announced next week: with a lover, state investment fund in Saudi Arabia (PIF), and Affinity Partners Jared Kushner, according to reports interested in investments. The Wall Street Journal states that the “step” will probably be the largest ransom for the bore. ”
The Saudi PIF already had approximately 9 percent stake in EA As of a year agoMaking it one of the largest shareholders of the company. This fund also has significant investments in game giants, such as Nintendo, Take-Two, Activision Blizzard, Capcom, Nexon and Koei Tecmo, controlled by the Savvy Games group.
The price of EA shares immediately jumped by about 15 percent on Friday in the afternoon, after a month when the price of its shares remained relatively flat.
The EA became public with the IPO on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in 1990, and by 1996 its market capitalization increased to $ 1.61 billion. Before today's increase in shares, the company's rating ranged about $ 43 billion, due to franchises such as Madden NFLIN EA FC (previously FIFA), SimsAnd The battlefieldField
