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Re:Cisco Acquires Splunk by rozenmd on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:37AM (#37596704)
An average acquisition then:

acquirer pays a premium to nudge the acquiree's board to approve

acquirer's shareholders that disagree with the deal sell, in anticipation of value destruction

Re:Cisco Acquires Splunk by airstrike on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:46PM (#37601259)
not so much "nudge the target's board to approve" as "allow the target board to approve"

a board that approves a 0% premium (barring unusual exceptions) will be sued to oblivion