EA Debt Sale Racks Up $45 Billion Demand With Loan Boosted Again

A JPMorgan Chase & Co.-led bank group made further changes to the nearly $15 billion junk-debt sale for the record leveraged buyout of video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., showing the day-to-day challenge in selling risky debt amid a market-moving Middle East war.

After raking in about $45 billion of demand, the loan and bond offering is due to wrap up as soon as Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. In another change to the financing, the loan portion has been increased again — a move that would give the borrower greater flexibility to ...