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EpicRandy said:

Machiavellian said:

You know there is a strong chance that ABK could just walk away with cash and sell to another big player who has enough capital like Apple or Google.  Those 2 companies would have absolutly no issue getting the deal done and ABK still gets paid like king.  I am saying if I was ABK, I walk away with my 3 billion dollar pay day and behind the scenes look to get another big player to purchase the company.

The other option is for ABK to raise the price for purchase as well as the price for termination.  How far can ABK push MS and how thirsty is MS to get ABK.

While not without incentive, there would need to be a vote out of the deal with shareholders that, if the vote to allow the merger is any indication, would take up to 3 months to set. The simple announcement of such a meeting would cripple the stock value IMO, way more than the gain of $3b which shareholders would not enjoy directly anyway.

The deal is also extremely likely to include no Shop, no Solicitation clause preventing ABK to enter such a talk with other companies which means they will actually need to complete the vote before negotiating with another entity, but that's just me speculating.

The $95/share is already way above the value it's not clear that any other entity would want to go above that.

I think but correct me if I'm wrong, it is ABK that went to Microsoft to be bought, and it's quite possible they've asked other entities in the meantime. So I am not sure why another entity would even be interested that was not before.

IMO, That's why MS and ABK, while negotiating for an extension, are not really in a rush to do so and have not prepared this too much in advance.

Activision went to other companies, yeah, then they went to Microsoft, some refused and this was near enough to the pandemic when gaming was exploding so there's no indication that anyone in the current climate would be willing to make that investment.

I honestly think the only one would be Saudi Arabia, Lol. Ain't no chance that Microsoft lets Amazon or Google outbid them if they even could and they couldn't without heavy borrowing or stock options, Microsoft has more than twice the cash reserves of Amazon and Google.

Apple probably doesn't give a shit, they have no interest in console gaming, they have no interest in PC gaming, they're too busy heavily investing into TV content and they don't need a mobile developer when they own the entire dang store, Lol.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 18 July 2023