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A $53bn offer for PayPal has arrived from Stripe, a payments start-up, and Advent International, a private equity group. The offer carries a 28% premium to PayPal's Tuesday closing price.
The math reconciles: at 1.28 times the prior close, the implied pre-announcement equity value sits near $41.4bn, placing the premium at roughly $11.6bn above that base.
The headline numbers | Metric | Figure | Status | |--------|--------|--------| | Offer value | $53bn | Reported | | Premium to Tuesday close | 28% | Reported | | Implied pre-offer equity value | $41.4bn | Derived | The 28% premium is the spread between Tuesday's close and the buyers' stated offer price.
Deal structure, including cash versus stock composition and any financing breakdown, has not been reported in the source. The buyers Stripe is described as a payments start-up.
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