Electronic Arts, in Niko Bellic fashion, again extended its offer of “protection” to Take Two shareholders over the weekend:
Electronic Arts, the world’s largest video-game publisher, today announced its third extension of its tender offer for shares of Take-Two Interactive Software until June 16, continuing its attempt to acquire the publisher of one of the video-game industry’s most valuable products, the “Grand Theft Auto” series.
EA, though, said it would not raise its $2 billion bid.
EA’s bid now represents a discount to the current stock price – virtually unheard of in takeover deals (Yahoo! refused a 75% premium from Microsoft!). And for some reason EA execs don’t think that the offer of a takeunder for the company that just put out the biggest media release in history is unreasonable.
Sounds like they’re playing a little too much GTA IV:
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