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Electronic Arts acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Electronic Arts bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (business not named in the filing)Word for word“Acquisitions, net of cash acquired — — ( 3,391 ) Net cash used in investing activities ( 207 ) ( 217 ) ( 2,804 )” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | — | ( 3,391 ) |
intellectual property rights related to acquisitions, transferred to our U.S. and Swiss intellectual property owners (intra-entity)Word for word“During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, we completed intra-entity sales of intellectual property rights related to acquisitions to our U.S. and Swiss intellectual property owners (the “Acquired IP intra-entity sales”).” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-31 | $0 | — |
| 2018-03-31 | $150 million | $171 million |
| 2019-03-31 | $58 million | $14 million |
| 2020-03-31 | $0 | $0 |
| 2021-03-31 | $1.24 billion | $984 million |
| 2022-03-31 | $3.39 billion | $2.52 billion |
| 2023-03-31 | $0 | $0 |
| 2024-03-31 | $0 | $0 |
| 2025-03-31 | $0 | $0 |
| 2026-03-31 | $17 million | $9 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-08-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-08-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2025-09-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-03-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-10-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-09-20 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-06-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-02-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-02-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-02-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-02-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-12-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-08-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-02-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-02-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Electronic Arts’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-05-11. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.