kotaku.com - 2/12/2009
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Square Enix have just announced that an agreement has been reached with the board of Eidos, by which Square will purchase the creaky old British publisher for £84 million (USD$120 million). That price represents, according to Square, a premium of 129% over Eidos' current market value. Meaning ...
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mcvuk.com - 2/16/2009
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eidos, square enix, warner bros Warner backs Square
Enix's bid for Eidos Michael French Today, 7:44am Be...
first to comment Hollywood studio, and 20 per cent Eidos stakeholder, will vote in favour of publisher acquisition Warner has thrown its weight ...
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gamasutra.com - 2/16/2009
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divider February 16, 2009 Warner Backs Square Enix
Bid For Eidos Warner Backs Square Enix Bid For...
Eidos Square Enix says it has received official support from majority Eidos Interactive stakeholder Time Warner on its bid for the Tomb Raider ...
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Square Enix preparing to buy Eidos
That VideoGame Blog —
... for $120 million. Documents on Kotaku show the next high powered business meeting between the two companies will take place in March and if all goes well, the buyout will be official in April. There shouldn’t be any problems there as Eidos’ directors intend to recommend that Eidos’ shareholders vote in favor of Square Enix’s proposal after hearing financial advice by Citi. ...
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... in the workforce occurred over at the US Future Publishing offices, where 19 staff were let go. Future Publishing is behind publications Nintendo Power and the official Microsoft and Sony mags. Square Enix to acquire Edios. The biggest hubbub of the past week besides the Midway bankruptcy (which wasn't much of a surprise) would be the bid in development by Square Enix to acquire Eidos . While such a move would require support from shareholders, it seems that's an obstacle easily overcome as major shareholder ...
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Warner backs Square-Enix in EIDOS bid —
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Warner Bros. is a major stock-holder in EIDOS, and they are very aware of Square-Enix's bid to buy EIDOS. Since that announcement was made last week, Warner has said that they back Square-Enix intent of purchase. They will do so by offering up all of their votes during ...
Square-Enix makes move to purchase EIDOS —
GoNintendo
We heard rumors of Square-Enix's interest in EIDOS a couple months back, but now we know that Square-Enix is definitely interested. They've put up an offer worth over $120 million in the hopes of purchasing EIDOS. As of right now, there has not been any movement on the ...
Namco Bandai Plans Buyout Of D3 [Namco Bandai] —
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First Square Enix announces its bid for Eidos , and now Namco Bandai reveals its intentions to purchase Japanese publisher D3, the parent company of Puzzle Quest's D3 Publisher . According to a press release issued today by Namco Bandai, the company seeks to turn D3 into a full subsidiary, ...
Squeenidos: Square-Enix Offers To Buy Out Eidos —
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So, Square-Enix has officially put in a bit to buy-out Eidos, makers of Tomb Raider. After working out an agreement with the Board of Directors of Eidos, Square-Enix has bid 84.3 million GBP (~$119.8 million USD). This is a purchase price of 258% of the current market value of the company. ...
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Square Enix have just announced that an agreement has been reached with the board of Eidos, by which Square will purchase the creaky old British publisher for £84 million (USD$120 million). That price represents, according to Square, a premium of 129% over Eidos' current market value. Meaning ...
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