[Ipg-smz] Asymmetrical Mergers

[Perlow, Jason]

But an LBO has never occurred like that in tech, has it?

On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 3:42 PM Dan Rosenbaum via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> *From: *Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org> on behalf of "Perlow,
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> *Date: *Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 3:28 PM
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> *Cc: *Jason Perlow <jperlow at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *[Ipg-smz] Asymmetrical Mergers
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> 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.
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> I am going by this list and I cannot find any that are comparable.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_mergers_and_acquisitions
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