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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It sounds to me like you’re describing a classic leveraged buyout, where a smaller company uses a bigger company’s assets or cash to buy it. The classic case was RJR Nabisco.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>d<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> on behalf of "Perlow, Jason via Ipg-smz" <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Reply-To: </b><ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 3:28 PM<br><b>To: </b>IPG List <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Cc: </b>Jason Perlow <jperlow@gmail.com><br><b>Subject: </b>[Ipg-smz] Asymmetrical Mergers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know, historically, of a merger between two companies where the valuation was highly asymmetrical? Such as when you might have a company that is worth $1000B, but wants to merge with a company that is worth $100B? They don't have the assets to buy it outright, but it would be a beneficial marriage.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am going by this list and I cannot find any that are comparable.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_mergers_and_acquisitions">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_mergers_and_acquisitions</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>JASON PERLOW</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Sr. Technology Editor, ZDNet</span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=650 style='width:487.5pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'>Voice/Text (561)510-0063<br><a href="mailto:jperlow@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="[GMCP] Compose a new mail to jperlow@gmail.com"><span style='color:#333333'>jperlow@gmail.com</span></a><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'>ZDNet Tech Broiler: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="http://www.techbroiler.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>www.techbroiler.com</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#5F5F5F'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'>Socialize Me:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jperlow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">Instag</a><a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">ram</a> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/techperlow" target="_blank">FaceBook</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonperlow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#5F5F5F'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- Ipg-smz mailing list Ipg-smz@netpress.org http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>