• moody@lemmings.world
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    3 days ago

    A leveraged buyout and a hostile takeover are two completely different things.

    A hostile takeover is when the buyers appeal to the shareholders over the wishes of the board. It’s when the company doesn’t want to merge, but gets bought out anyway.

    The term leveraged buyout only indicates that the money is mostly borrowed.

    The case could be that a hostile takeover is also a leveraged buyout, but the EA buyout is not hostile.