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EA上个月曾向Take-Two开价20亿欲收购该公司，但公司管理层扭扭捏捏地表示要等到GTA4上市再来谈这件事。
兵贵神速；迟则生变，EA现已发表声明，准备以每股26美元的价码强行收购Take-Two股东手里的股票，条件如下：
该收购要约将使EA获得Take-Two在外流通股的大部
“特拉华普通公司法”第203章节中的反收购法并不适用于该收购要约及后续合并行动
Hart-Scott-Rodino静候期逾期或终结，且EA将自行判断是否要与Take-Two达成合并协议
EA首席执行官John Riccitiello称：
“这对Take-Two的股东们来说是个绝好的机会，我们相信Take-Two的投资人会将这份要约视为获取丰厚回报的最佳途径，该要约清晰地指明了完成交易的全过程；对EA股东们来说，此次并购将为我们业已强大的阵容增添生力军，欢迎Take-Two富有天赋的创意团队加入EA的开发大军。”
摩根斯坦利负责操作此次交易，乔治森（Georgeson Inc.）为交易咨询代理，收购要约列明的条款至纽约当地时间4月11日午夜失效。
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http://news.mydrivers.com/1/101/101369.htm
[B]Offer Is Made to Holders [/B]
Of 'Grand Theft' Maker;
Other Bidders Playing?
By NICK WINGFIELD and DON CLARK
March 13, 2008 6:22 a.m.
Electronic Arts Inc. is taking its battle for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. directly to the rival videogame publisher's shareholders.
[B]Following the rejection of its unsolicited bid to acquire Take-Two, EA launched a tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two's outstanding shares for $26 each, the price it offered the company last month[/B].
[B]The move signals that EA's attempt to gain control of Take-Two, publisher of the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto game, is turning hostile.[/B]
[B]The EA bid places a value of about $2 billion on Take-Two, which temporarily traded above the $26 a share that EA offered, but later sunk below the offer price. The stock traded at 4 p.m. yesterday at $24.91, up 26 cents, on Nasdaq.[/B]
The Grand Theft Auto series -- videogames notorious for their depictions of crime and violence -- have sold more than 65 million copies, making it one of the most important franchises in the videogame industry.
EA, of Redwood City, Calif., made its unsolicited offer public on February 24, stating that Take-Two's directors the prior week had privately rejected the $26-a-share proposal. When it was announced, the offer represented a 50% premium over the most recent closing price of Take-Two's shares.
[B]Take-Two has consistently rejected the offer as too low and ill-timed. It also said it has been approached by other potential acquirers since the bid was announced, but didn't indicate it was in negotiations with other companies about a deal.[/B]
[B]Nevertheless, some analysts think that EA will ultimately have to sweeten its offer if it wants to get the deal done in the near term. "What the stock and the market are telling you is every day that goes by makes this deal less likely at $26," said Evan Wilson, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities.[/B]
[B]Analysts also believe it is possible EA will walk away if Take-Two's shareholders don't budge, in hopes of picking up the company later for less.[/B]
Unsolicited takeover offers were once rare in the technology sector. But they have become more common as the industry matures, with acquirers concluding that the brand value and customer base of target companies outweigh the risk that key executives or engineers will defect after an acquisition.
Still, there have been few true hostile offers, when a potential acquirer takes its offer around a company's board and right to shareholders.
Such offers often evolve into a game of "chicken," as shareholders try to hold out for a higher offer and the potential acquirer threatens to walk away. Boards of directors, meanwhile, often end up negotiating with the hostile party if shareholder support favors a deal.
Take-Two, based in New York, is led by several members of ZelnickMedia Corp. The investment firm was hired to run Take-Two in March 2007 by a group of dissident shareholders that ousted Take-Two's prior management and most of its board.
[B]The EA tender offer is set to expire April 11 at midnight, unless extended. That is a day after Take-Two has scheduled its annual meeting of shareholders in New York[/B].
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