EA redeemed all $400 million of its 4.800% notes due 2026 with cash on hand

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Electronic Arts redeemed all of the $400,000,000 in outstanding principal of its 4.800% notes due 2026 on Jan 6, 2026, paying with cash on hand. The redemption price was 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, Jan 6. Notes are loans that investors make to a company, and redeeming them means the company repays the holders. EA reported it in an 8-K, the current report a US-listed company files when something significant happens, under the items for the termination of a material agreement and for an event that accelerates a financial obligation, both of which point to the filing's item for other events.1^,2^,3^,4^,5

The notes were issued under an indenture dated Feb 24, 2016, the contract that sets the terms of the notes, with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, successor to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. A first supplemental indenture of the same date supplemented it.6^,7

EA is a games publisher, and its titles include Apex Legends, Dead Space and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The redemption came after EA agreed, on Sep 28, 2025, to be acquired by an investor consortium of The Public Investment Fund, funds affiliated with Silver Lake and funds affiliated with Affinity Partners. It also came after a special meeting of EA's stockholders on Dec 22, 2025, held in connection with that proposed acquisition.8^,9^,10^,11^,12

This account rests on the text of the 8-K filed on Jan 6, 2026 and on the earlier filings about the acquisition, listed in the sources.13^,10^,12