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		swiftcoder 69 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Video game union workers rally against $55B privat... Premiums on buyouts are kind of interesting: the buyout price was a 25% premium on the day the news was announced (and a 17% premium over the all-time high)... but of course the market immediately priced that in, so for the past few weeks it's been just a 5% premium over where EA stock is actually trading.

s1artibartfast 69 days ago [–]

So how will those stock holders lose out? They just got a massive buyout.

swiftcoder 65 days ago | [–]

They lose the future upside of a company which a major cartel of investors clearly considers to be undervalued

s1artibartfast 64 days ago | | [–]

Then they shouldn't sell! Sales occur because the two sides have differences in valuation.

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