Infogrames
offers to buy Atari reports that Atari's majority shareholder has offered to
purchase the remainder of the troubled company:
Atari Inc. has announced
that it received a letter from Infogrames Entertainment S.A., the company's
majority shareholder, expressing its intent to acquire the remaining outstanding
stock of the company.
Infogrames' offer, which is non-binding, amounts to USD 1.68 per share for the
Atari Inc. stock it does not own.
Atari Inc. said that a special committee of the company's board of directors
intends to undertake, together with its advisors, a thorough evaluation of the
proposal.