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		abalone on Aug 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VMware Acquires Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal... Uh, PVTL's market cap is $3.73B. Isn't that one hell of a discount? Wouldn't shareholders sue? Can someone explain this please? I feel dumb.

parasubvert on Aug 23, 2019 [–]

PVTL's public shareholders will be getting a premium price per share at $15. Michael Dell holds the vast majority of shares and will instead be getting VMware stock for Pivotal stock.

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