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Comment by edschofield

12 hours ago

Any company worth more could (in principle) acquire it with a share swap [1]. Even a smaller company could buy it with an LBO [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_swap

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_buyout

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fragmede  11 hours ago

Or debt financed, or any other financal black magic schemes.

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