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Comment by triceratops

5 hours ago

Is it still "private equity" if a public company takes a loan to buy another public company?

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nyeah  5 hours ago

It's still an LBO, in effect borrowing against the target to get control of it.

andruby  5 hours ago

OP is just saying that PE uses the same playbook, not that this move is "private equity".

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