Wall Street Journal fik ganske ret i deres forudsigelser i morges. Electronic Arts (EA) har nu ganske officielt (via Reuters) forlænget deres “købstilbud” med en måned (til den 16. juni). Det er til samme pris som tidligere, hvilket flere Daily Rush læsere også har spottet. Så længe Take-Two aktierne fortsætter deres himmelflugt, forbliver Take-Two med al sandsynlighed selvstændige.
Update: Take-Two med bestyrelsesformand Strauss Zelnick i spidsen har ikke været sene til at reagere og siger nu, at de allerede er i dialog med “flere interesserede parter”. Alt sammen noget som kan være med til at presse aktiekursen yderligere.
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it extended by one month its $2 billion hostile offer to acquire rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O: Quote, Profile, Research).
EA, whose unsolicited bid for the publisher of last month’s blockbuster “Grand Theft Auto IV” video game expired at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, said the offer would expire on June 16, extended from the previous deadline of May 16.
EA said about 6.2 million shares, or about 8 percent, of Take-Two had been tendered in the offer. Take-Two has rejected the bid, saying it undervalues the company.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission previously asked for more information about the proposed buyout. Extending the tender deadline will allow the FTC’s review of the proposed deal to continue, EA’s senior vice president of EA corporate development, Owen Mahoney, said in a statement.
Additional details were not immediately available.

























