Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(1)
Exact(30)
This has led to a greater flow of ideas and information and created natural opportunities for the acquirer and the acquired to work together.
With slightly more than half profitable and then another quarter in bankruptcy, that sounds like it leaves about that final quarter as a better deal for the acquirer than the acquired.
As one VC put it, "ironically, the motivations for the acquirer and the investors of the acquired company are at direct odds".
A rule of thumb is that half of all deals destroy value for the acquirer.
The other way to structure a stock deal is for the acquirer to issue a fixed value of shares.
The fourth way is for the acquirer to share, rather than transfer, a capability or an asset.
Similar(30)
For instance, because of the acquirer's nonintrusive nature, its capacity to achieve substantial cost reductions, especially by eliminating jobs and sacking employees, is limited.
So, for example, the acquirer will charge a fee for its part of the process.
Some of Fairley's cash deals were not properly accounted for and the acquirer was not willing to take Fairley's word for it.
National interests can play more of a role in such situations than shareholder value.Although it is an old saw that hostile bids are generally better for the acquired than the acquirer, this is doubly true in Europe.
We begin by noting a close correlation between the fraction of deals that are done in cash and the fraction of deals for which the acquirer's P/E ratio is higher than the target's.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com