Electronic Arts (ERTS) Walks Away From Take-Two (TTWO)

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Published: September 14, 2008 4:21 pm

Last Updated: April 27, 2020 8:46 pm

R218533_855025 Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) chairman Strauss Zelnick overplayed his hand. He continued to refuse a buyout bid from larger game company Electronic Arts (ERTS). Now Take-Two shareholders will pay for Zelnick’s error.

According to The Wall Street Journal, "Ever since EA first offered $26 a share for Take-Two in February, the New York-based publisher had rejected EA’s offer as inadequate."

Take-Two currently trades at just under $22. Prior to the offer, TTWO traded at $15.

Watch it move back toward that $15 level tomorrow.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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