DISH Makes offer to buy Sprint (Rescinded)

The problem with the Dish bid is that there is less cash up front and more stock to hold on to after the deal.
Exactly. It's like competing offers on a house. The seller will usually take the cash offer versus the financed offer, if they are relatively close. Dish would probably have to surpass Softbank's offer by quite a bit to be accepted.

And, if Dish does win, they will be leveraged up the wazoo, which does not bode well for long-term financial health.
 
What is telling is that the current stock price of Sprint is still right around the Softbank number.

this article seems to indicate that Dish offered $25.5 billion or about $7 per share in equivalent value: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/dish-offers-buy-sprint-25-5-billion-1C9338373

Softbank only offered $20.1 billion total which is about $6.22 per share in this article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57...slams-softbank-over-sprint-takeover-comments/

Sprint is currently trading at $7.33

The market basically thinks that a bidding war is about to start as soon as Dish puts together a solidly financed offer.
 
I just got my proxy vote card. I'm voting no to sprint's offer for clear.
 
Imo either 1.)Dish wins it out and gets Sprint 2.) maybe all 3 will work together and also get Clearwire 3.) Dish will make Softbank pay out the arse to get Sprint 4.)Dish gets Sprint and Softbank gets Clearwire just thinking out loud ;) :)
 
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I just don't see Sprint accepting DISH's bid. The industry experts seems to think the same thing. IF DISH did get a hold of Sprint , the combined company would be so leveraged in debt , I would be fearful that it would quickly lead to problems down the line .
 
Charlie is starting to remind me of an old Queen song....I want it all,I want it all,and I want it now!:D
 
I just don't see Sprint accepting DISH's bid. The industry experts seems to think the same thing. IF DISH did get a hold of Sprint , the combined company would be so leveraged in debt , I would be fearful that it would quickly lead to problems down the line .

Dish cash flowed right at $3 billion last year.
 
I just don't see Sprint accepting DISH's bid.
They may not have a choice. Sprint shareholders won't vote to approve the deal unless they're paid at least as much as what Dish is offering. Gap is far too wide to accept anything less.

The current clearwire fiasco is a good example of how much influence that investors can have over these sales.
 

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