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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by bryanlarsen on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:04PM (#16258751)
The title is misleading, perhaps a mod could switch to the subtitle fragment "VMware could buy Dell in massive reverse-merger"

While legally it would be VMWare buying Dell, practically Dell already controls VMWare. The manoeuvre is a reverse IPO, a way for Dell to go public without the rigmarole.

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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by acct1771 on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:12PM (#16258842)
Of course you mean go public again.

...didn't Michael spend a lot of time and angst going public, for long-term success' sake?

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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by jonknee on Monday January 29, 2018 @01:31PM (#16259507)
He did, but the corporate tax cut was funded partially by giving less preferential treatment to debt (only being able to deduct 30% of the interest) and Dell was taken private with tons of debt. The takeover of EMC added tons more debt.
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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by Blackstone4 on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:57PM (#16259243)
True. Maybe Dell will keep majority control or do a Zuckerberg
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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by acct1771 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:33AM (#16271957)
Meant "private" the latter time.
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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:10PM (#16258818)
Isn't that known as a back door listing? Incidentally, these were really common on the Chinese stock exchange a few years ago, which is how I became familiar with the term at least.
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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by paulddraper on Monday January 29, 2018 @02:13PM (#16259873)
Yes. It happens to be a very expensive back door listing in this case.
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Re:Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse m... by sctb on Monday January 29, 2018 @01:35PM (#16259545)
Thanks, we've updated the title using a sentence from the article.
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