Questions tagged [merger-and-acquisition]
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Why does Microsoft need China’s approval to buy Blizzard?
Given none are Chinese companies, why does the acquisition need China’s approval?
I am looking at, e.g., Microsoft says China approves its plan to buy video game-maker Activision Blizzard
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When Twitter gets sold, do pre-purchase shareholders need to do anything?
Twitter is currently publicly traded, but once Elon Musk buys it, it'll go private.
Do current Twitter shareholders need to place sell orders so Musk can buy their shares?
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What happens to short PUT and short Call options on acquisitions. e.g Twitter
Currently Twitter is being acquired by Elon Musk. As now the deal is likely to go ahead. What happens to the seller of Call options ( suppose some one has sold call for $60 strike expiring in June 2023), or seller of PUT options ( like someone sold…
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When a public company (e.g. Twitter) goes private, when do shareholders receive funds?
I was wondering what is the reasonable time frame when ordinary investors receive the money from a sale of a company that is acquired to become private. I see Twitter was acquired on Thursday (Oct 27, 2022), but no funds have been received.
I see a…
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Cost Basis Allocation in cash and stock merger: Proportional vs. Stock-First Approach?
VMware was acquired by Broadcom. In this deal, a typical VMware shareholder:
Had 47.9% of their shares converted to cash at $142.50 per share.
Had 52.1% of their shares converted into 0.252 Broadcom shares.
After normalizing this, each VMware…
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If my company is going to be acquired for $50m, how can I avoid high taxes?
Let’s say for example I have a company that is going to be acquired for $50m and I own half it as a cofounder.
How can I avoid a large tax hit?
I know someone who received $25m from an acquisition and walked away with $6m due to taxes and I want to…
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