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who receives the money when one company buys another?
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monsanto is a publicly traded company that trades under the ticker mon. the stock is owned by a wide range of owner around the world. the buyout offer from bayer is an all cash offer. bayer will buy all shares of mon at about $128/share. so if i owned 100 shares of mon, i would receive $12,800 or so for my shares. the deal has not yet been approved by regulators, which is why the stock price is hovering around $104/share today.
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