Acquired
Mars Inc. (the chocolate story)
David Rosenthal
So it goes down in the middle of the financial crisis. They announce the deal in April 2008, but it closes in October 2008, like right after Lehman collapses. Mars buys the Wrigley Company for $23 billion. Which is a 28% premium to where it was trading that day. Yep. And even Mars at this point in time doesn't have $23 billion of cash on hand.
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