SCi receives, turns aside potential takeover bid

5 Comments by Jason Dobson Apr 23rd 2008 12:03PM
Filed under: Business

While talk of a takeover of British publisher SCi continues to be tossed around, this doesn't mean that Lara Croft's troubled parent is open to shacking up with just anyone.

This week the company confirmed that it has received an offer from an unspecified suitor at a "significant premium" to SCi's current share price. However, the company stayed strong, turning away what we imagine to be bags of money emblazoned with dollar signs, claiming the offer was "not be in the best interests of the company or its shareholders." Still, with 14 projects in the vertical file and key management on the run, it might be time for SCi to lower its standards.

Tags: acquisition, edios, sci, stocks, tomb-raider, tombraider

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Dale: Apr 23rd 2008; 12:46PM

Well, that'll be why they turned away the money - being a British company, I'm sure they would appreciate bags emblazoned with the pound symbol.

Jansperus: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:32PM

EA-SCi merger confirmed!

Bleu: Apr 23rd 2008; 2:54PM

FUCK EA!

caustic: Apr 23rd 2008; 2:51PM

i don't see the point of turning down a buyout offer. take the money ... go home ... have your ass sutured to the sofa ... and play games until your dead.

making games gets in the way of playing games.

Markster: Apr 24th 2008; 6:31PM

SCi killed Carmageddon 4:
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9865&Itemid=2

They are dead to me.

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