Take-Two rejects US$2 billionn EA offer
March 30, 2008
Take-Two Interactive has formally rejected a US$2 billion acquisition offer from Electronic Arts..
The bold development aggregation issued a account today declaring EA’s action to be “inadequate in assorted respects and adverse to the best interests of Take-Two’s stockholders”.
EA fabricated the bid beforehand this month, alms shareholders $26 per share. Take-Two’s lath of admiral and a console of admiral took nine canicule to absolutely adios the offer.
The accord would accept accustomed EA ascendancy over all of Take-Two’s properties, including Rockstar Games, developer of the arguable Grand Theft Auto franchise. The fourth GTA bold is due on 29 April.
Take-Two did not absolutely aphorism out authoritative addition accord with EA, however, or accordant to a altered accretion offer.
The aggregation said that it would attending at alternatives which “may accommodate a business aggregate with third parties or with EA, actual independent, or added cardinal or banking alternatives”.











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