According to the terms of the agreement, the Consortium of Investors will acquire 100 % of Electronic Arts and the company's shareholders will receive $ 210 per share, a purchase price that represents a 25 % premium compared to the price of September 25 (168.32 dollars). That was the last day that Electronic Arts titles were negotiated in the stock market before the purchase rumor triggered its value up to $ 193,35. In this case we talk about an 8.6 %premium. The company also emphasizes that the price of $ 210 per share is compared to the historical maximum of 179 dollars it reached on August 14, 2025.
PIF is already one of the electronic arts shareholders with 9.9 % of the capital, so to face the operation, it will renew the participation. Between PIF, AFFINITY PARTNERS and SILVER Lake will make an investment of approximately 36,000 million dollars, and the remaining 20 billion will be financed through debt with the approval of JPMorgan Chase. Electronic Arts says that before being sold, it evaluated the opportunity and concluded that it offers an attractive value for shareholders and benefits all parties.
The transaction has already been approved by the Board of Directors of Electronic Arts and its closure is scheduled for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 (from April to June 2026), as long as the regulators and shareholders are approved. In this sense, big problems are not expected. Once the operation is completed, Electronic Arts will become a private company and will not quote in any market. What will not change will be the company's headquarters, which will remain in Redwood City, California, nor the executive director, which will remain Andrew Wilson, which has been in this position since 2013.
When this operation is completed, PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners will control a company whose portfolio of intellectual properties we have: EA Sports FC, Battlefield, Apex Legends, Titanfall, the Sims, Madden Nfl, Need for Speed, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Mirror's Edge, Dungeon Keper, Command and Conquer, Dead Space, Alice: Madness Returns or Sim City. The editor also has recognized studies such as Codemasters, Bioware, Criterion, says, Maxis EA Sports, Popcap or Respawn Entertainment.
Regarding the PIF, with Electronic Arts it will considerably increase its participation in the video game industry. In this sector it has SNK, Niantic and Scopely, and has shares in embarracks Group, Take-Two, Capcom and Nexon. In addition, he is the largest foreign shareholder in Nintendo. At the head of this fund we have a country that despises human rights and whose leader, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, ordered journalist Jamal Khashoggi to kill.