Immediate 20-30% jump in stock price if shareholders approve and can reinvest anywhere else. With a huge one day gain. In some cases, preferred shareholders get even sweeter deals.
If you’re an executive or board member with a tons of shares you make millions and can retire immediately (or at least after the transition you agree to is complete.)
"Immediate 20-30% jump in stock price" is not wrong, but it is clearer to say that for the acquisition to succeed, usually the acquirer must pay a 20-30% premium.
20-30% premium even over the fictional mark-to-market stock price. If all that were to hit the open market at once at any time, the price would plummet. I really question whether acquisition ROI is positive except in rare cases on a first order basis. Eliminating future compensation, securing a propaganda emitter, etc I can see (though not quite sure what the story would be in this case).
Right, of course. My point is that the acquisition premium is actually higher than the nominal premium.
The share price is for the current share supply. If the supply increases, then the price goes down.
There is also a confounding effect in the cases where shares have actually flooded the market, where the confounder is whatever the reason for flooding is. But even if you magically forced a mass sale with no negative event causing it, the price would still plummet due to the supply flood.
If you’re an executive or board member with a tons of shares you make millions and can retire immediately (or at least after the transition you agree to is complete.)