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0 pointsonlyrealcuzzo1y ago0 comments

IBM had ~$14B cash to start the year.

Additionally, you don't need the full purchase price in cash to buy the company. You can do leveraged buyouts, etc.

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czbond1y ago

IBM M&A person: "We'd like to buy you in all IBM stock! <jazz hands>"

Hopefully someone at HashiCorp: "Hell no, cash please"

Disp4tch1y ago

IBM stock is basically cash. Limited growth potential, very stable, fat dividend.

mywittyname1y ago

Press release says it's all cash at $35/sh using cash-on-hand for the purchase.

cqqxo4zV46cp1y ago

Ugh, and have you actually looked at IBM’e share price? Or is it this because IBM isn’t cool to you? A bit rich for a community that’ll go work for shares in some dinky web app startup.

czbond1y ago

Yes I did, it was overextended by about 30 points yesterday

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0 pointsonlyrealcuzzo1y ago0 comments

IBM had ~$14B cash to start the year.

Additionally, you don't need the full purchase price in cash to buy the company. You can do leveraged buyouts, etc.

0 comments

czbond1y ago

IBM M&A person: "We'd like to buy you in all IBM stock! <jazz hands>"

Hopefully someone at HashiCorp: "Hell no, cash please"

Disp4tch1y ago

IBM stock is basically cash. Limited growth potential, very stable, fat dividend.

mywittyname1y ago

Press release says it's all cash at $35/sh using cash-on-hand for the purchase.

cqqxo4zV46cp1y ago

Ugh, and have you actually looked at IBM’e share price? Or is it this because IBM isn’t cool to you? A bit rich for a community that’ll go work for shares in some dinky web app startup.

czbond1y ago

Yes I did, it was overextended by about 30 points yesterday

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse