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Many companies with highly developed, long-term M&A strategies choose to invest in building relationships with prospective acquirees—including (and especially) those who are not yet ready to sell.—
John Stewart,
Forbes.com,
11 Feb. 2026 Imagine that the acquiree has a stock price of $50 and a market value of $5 billion.—Dallas News,
12 Feb. 2023 Invite your potential new acquiree to speak to one of your previous merged groups.—
Loren Shifrin,
Forbes,
13 Sep. 2021 But if rollups of collaboration tools are the path forward in the space—then who will be the next acquiree?—
Lucinda Shen,
Fortune,
2 Dec. 2020 When one corporation is acquired by, or merges with, another, the buying firm usually pays taxes on the appreciated gain of stocks or assets held by the acquiree.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019