Broadcom, VMware agree to $61b merger
Broadcom has confirmed it intends to acquire VMware in a deal that looks set to be worth $61 billion, if it goes ahead: the agreement provides for a go-shop" provision under which the virtualization giant may solicit alternative offers.
That go-shop" provision:
However, the merger agreement has a go-shop" provision under which VMware may seek alternative offers from other interested parties and potentially enter negotiations with them during the next 40 days.
VMware has a backup, maybe?
Broadcom is a weird one to buy VMware, but it makes some sort of sense. Broadcom make chips which are widely used, specifically networking equipment, and baking VMware support into their chips is probably the value proposition, or vice versa. Let's see what happens. I would think another company (Microsoft, IBM, or Cisco?) would be interested in VMware enough to top the $61 billion Broadcom has on the table.