The article says Dell intends to pay $25 per share when the current trading price is $27. That's not a premium, that's a discount. Edit: Looks like I misunders

The article says Dell intends to pay $25 per share when the current trading price is $27. That's not a premium, that's a discount. Edit: Looks like I misunderstood the terms. It's $25 plus a tracking stock for VMWare that is valued at $8 for a total of $33 which is a nice premium.