<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Silver Lake ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.org/company/silver-lake</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.org/company/silver-lake/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Silver Lake.</description><item><title>Acquisition: PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners — EA</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/pif-silver-lake-affinity-acquire-electronic-arts-2026</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/pif-silver-lake-affinity-acquire-electronic-arts-2026</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A consortium of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, funds managed by Silver Lake and funds managed by Affinity Partners took Electronic Arts private for $210 a share in cash, through a new parent called Oak-Eagle AcquireCo, Inc. The agreement put the enterprise value at about $55 billion, the largest leveraged take-private of a video game company, and the Public Investment Fund rolled over the roughly 9.9 per cent it already held. The deal closed on 4 August 2026 and EA left Nasdaq. No filing sets out how the equity is divided among the three investors.</description></item></channel></rss>