back to article EMC+Dell: Firm made a $2bn bed-hopping proposal

Not content with its $67bn (£44bn) offer from Dell, EMC has said it will pay the firm a $2bn (£1.5bn) "break fee" if it receives a "superior offer" before the deal is officially "consummated." On Tuesday the company said, in a statement uploaded to the Securities and Exchange Commission's website, that its agreement to be …

  1. Your alien overlord - fear me

    HP still in with a chance?

    1. Velv
      Coat

      Only by paying 10x the value.

      Oh, wait...

  2. klaxhu

    after you wiped off a few beeleonz off your shareprice, I doubt that these figures will matter.

    I think anybody can still bid, if anything, it is a way for Dell to check if they are doing the right thing.

    Thinking of the DD aquisition back, if it will be anything like that, Cisco might come and actually offer much better than Dell offered. We will see :)

  3. josh.krischer

    this agreement reminds me a contract between pig and chicken to produce bacon and eggs. As usual EMC is the chicken.

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