---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-031157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EA"
cik: "0000712515"
company_name: "ELECTRONIC ARTS INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-04T20:21:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T20:23:16.239603+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EA completes $55B acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners; stock delisted

## Summary
- Stockholders received $210 per share in cash; total consideration ~$55 billion.
- EA becomes private, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent; common stock delisted from NASDAQ.
- New debt financing: $6.125B term loan B, €1.725B term loan B, $3.25B term loan A, $500M revolver.
- New notes issued: $2.875B 7.25% secured notes due 2033, €1.08B 6.25% secured notes due 2033, $2.5B 8.75% unsecured notes due 2034.
- All directors resigned; Andrew Wilson remains Chairman & CEO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-031157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EA
- cik: 0000712515
- company_name: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T20:21:36+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/ef20079099_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-031157.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Luis Ubiñas resigned as Director at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the following persons, who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and from any and all committees and subcommittees of the Board on which they served: Kofi Bruce, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Jeffrey T. Huber, Talbott Roche, Richard A. Simonson, Luis Ubiñas and Heidi Ueberroth.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey T. Huber resigned as Director at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the following persons, who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and from any and all committees and subcommittees of the Board on which they served: Kofi Bruce, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Jeffrey T. Huber, Talbott Roche, Richard A. Simonson, Luis Ubiñas and Heidi Ueberroth.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kofi Bruce resigned as Director at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the following persons, who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and from any and all committees and subcommittees of the Board on which they served: Kofi Bruce, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Jeffrey T. Huber, Talbott Roche, Richard A. Simonson, Luis Ubiñas and Heidi Ueberroth.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm
- Executive change
  Talbott Roche resigned as Director at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the following persons, who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and from any and all committees and subcommittees of the Board on which they served: Kofi Bruce, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Jeffrey T. Huber, Talbott Roche, Richard A. Simonson, Luis Ubiñas and Heidi Ueberroth.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm
- Executive change
  Heidi Ueberroth resigned as Director at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the following persons, who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and from any and all committees and subcommittees of the Board on which they served: Kofi Bruce, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Jeffrey T. Huber, Talbott Roche, Richard A. Simonson, Luis Ubiñas and Heidi Ueberroth.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard A. Simonson resigned as Director at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the following persons, who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and from any and all committees and subcommittees of the Board on which they served: Kofi Bruce, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Jeffrey T. Huber, Talbott Roche, Richard A. Simonson, Luis Ubiñas and Heidi Ueberroth.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rachel A. Gonzalez resigned as Director at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the following persons, who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) and from any and all committees and subcommittees of the Board on which they served: Kofi Bruce, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Jeffrey T. Huber, Talbott Roche, Richard A. Simonson, Luis Ubiñas and Heidi Ueberroth.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000114036126031157/0001140361-26-031157-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.