EA · News · 20260804N

Acquisition / Partnership / Divestiture

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. · 2026-08-04 · Importance 71 · Surprise 60

Electronic Arts completed its acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners on August 4, 2026. The all-cash transaction valued EA at $55 billion and paid shareholders $210 per share. The deal took EA private and transferred ownership to the consortium, including PIF’s rollover of approximately $5.21 billion of equity into an indirect parent entity. The transaction represents a major strategic ownership change and may shift EA’s operating priorities away from public-market reporting and quarterly performance targets.

Key facts

• The all-cash deal to acquire Electronic Arts was valued at $55 billion. source
• Electronic Arts' acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners has successfully closed. source
• Electronic Arts became a wholly owned subsidiary of Oak-Eagle AcquireCo, Inc. and certain directors had their common stock and RSUs cancelled and converted into cash at $210.00 per share (Bruce Kofi: 7,746 common shares and 1,452 RSUs). source
• Director Hoskins Roche L Talbott had 27,337 common shares and 1,452 restricted stock units cancelled and converted into cash at $210.00 per share in connection with the merger. source
• Director Jeff Huber had 2,184 common shares and 1,452 restricted stock units cancelled and converted into the right to receive $210.00 per share in cash and holds no remaining EA common stock or RSU holdings. source