<story><title>SUSE to go private</title><url>https://www.suse.com/news/EQT-announces-voluntary-public-purchase-offer-and-intention-to-delist-SUSE/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>treesciencebot</author><text>Is there any reason for the buyer here who already owns almost 80% of the company to offer a 67% premium for the remaining 20% of the shares? What would have happened if they offered a 30% premium or a 15% one (from what I understand, they have both simple majority and qualified majority so that means they don&amp;#x27;t really need to ask anyone for anything). It&amp;#x27;s not like they want to get 100% ownership since this is a purely voluntary buy-out and existing investors can choose to stay.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>buzer</author><text>In Finland if someone controls over 90% of the shares they have right to forcefully buy rest of the shares (and also obligation if someone wants to sell at at that point). So if they wanted to go fully own the company they need to high enough offer that they will at least hit 90%. I&amp;#x27;m not sure if you could from public company to private without all shareholders agreeing to it as that would benefit large shareholder at minority holders cost.&lt;p&gt;No clue if there are similar laws in Germany or other countries.</text></comment>
<story><title>SUSE to go private</title><url>https://www.suse.com/news/EQT-announces-voluntary-public-purchase-offer-and-intention-to-delist-SUSE/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>treesciencebot</author><text>Is there any reason for the buyer here who already owns almost 80% of the company to offer a 67% premium for the remaining 20% of the shares? What would have happened if they offered a 30% premium or a 15% one (from what I understand, they have both simple majority and qualified majority so that means they don&amp;#x27;t really need to ask anyone for anything). It&amp;#x27;s not like they want to get 100% ownership since this is a purely voluntary buy-out and existing investors can choose to stay.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sdenton4</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s probably a question of who exactly holds that other 20% of shares... There&amp;#x27;s a decent chance it&amp;#x27;s mostly held by one or a few long-time investors&amp;#x2F;contributors&amp;#x2F;??? and the premium is the price of good-will.</text></comment>