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How does it work when a public company acquires another public company? If you have existing LinkedIn shares, do they get converted to Microsoft shares?... or d
by swalsh 10y ago
How does it work when a public company acquires another public company? If you have existing LinkedIn shares, do they get converted to Microsoft shares?... or do they just disappear one day, and a pile of cash takes its place?
- dragonwriter 10y agoThat depends if the sale is for cash, stock, or a mix. Could be either or both of the alternatives you lay out.
- gizmodo59 10y agoThis is an all cash acquisition.
- colinbartlett 10y agoIn this case, the deal was structured as all cash. So the latter is exactly what happens. One day in your brokerage account you will see $X for every Y shares you had.
- greg7gkb 10y agoWhat about employee equity? Especially unvested options or stock units?