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After a buyout is announced.

Of 1,515 buyouts of US companies announced since 2009, 94% closed; the median took 91 days.

  • Median time to close91 days
  • Slowest tenth230+ days

Based on 1,515 cases.

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Method

How this is measured

Acquisitions of US companies announced in press releases filed with the SEC, deals still pending left out. A deal counts as closed when the company was delisted or deregistered within two years; a deal with no close on record counts as not closed, so the share that closed may be a little low. The time to close is from closed deals only. A pattern across many companies says little about any one company.

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