(It's not easy to create; give me a thumbs up when you walk by! (The fortune of likes!) The dust has settled on Musk's Twitter takeover, so let's talk about the acquisition. I've always felt that takeovers, especially malicious takeovers, are a very exciting part of the commercial war.
This article answers a few questions:
(1) Why was it acquired?
(2) How to buy it?
(3) As an employee, what should I do if I get acquired?
(4) As a shareholder, what should I do if I get acquired?
Why do you want to buy a company?
Generally, companies are acquired for the following purposes:
Acquire similar types to achieve monopoly and avoid competition: such as Didi $DiDi Global (Delisted) (DIDI.US)$Buying Uber, Ali $Alibaba (BABA.US)$NetEase Koala acquisition
Acquire related businesses (such as businesses you want to expand): For example, eBay buys PayPal
Play while watching: Musk $Tesla (TSLA.US)$Twitter acquisition $Twitter (Delisted) (TWTR.US)$(Actually, they also have strategic goals, ha, but Musk is a person who is more willful and has a lot of money; that's OK)
In short, the main goal is to integrate resources to avoid internal consumption.
So how was it acquired?
The way to achieve the acquisition: using cash to buy assets or stocks; or issuing new shares to replace the original shares; or taking on the debts of the acquired company, etc., the acquisition can be achieved. In short, control over a company is achieved through property rights transactions.
But here I think it's useful to be kind...