Gaming Industry giant Electronic Arts Inc have signed confidentiality agreements with another Game maker Take Two Interactive Software Inc.They did so after agreeing on holding private talks for a potential stake transaction.
EA, publishers of the popular "Madden" and "Need for Speed" games, dropped its hostile pursuit last week of Take-Two, the maker of the hot "Grand Theft Auto" games, after Take-Two agreed to spell out its three-year product plans, but only in private.
"As a result, EA does not intend to make any further announcements regarding the status of any discussions or negotiations with Take-Two unless and until discussions between EA and Take-Two have been terminated or such parties have entered into a transaction," EA said in a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
EA offered to buy Take-Two for $25.74 a share, or about $2 billion, in April. The bid was promptly rejected as too low.
Shortly after EA dropped its bid, U.S. antitrust regulators said they would approve a combination of the two companies.