TikTok equity when MSFT acquires it

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Jul 31, 2020 21 Comments

I have an offer for TikTok. I wonder what happens to the equity when MSFT or other US companies acquires it.

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  • Facebook
    vnakldlfmn

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    vnakldlfmn
    Depending on the contract. Msft can fire all of you if they want.
    Jul 31, 2020 8
    • Uber
      oshf1

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      oshf1
      Fair point. For eng, it’s all about competence. DC’s talent average was lower than Google, while LinkedIn on par with MS. In this case, most Tiktok eng came from FAANGMULA, no way MS would lay them off, on the contrary, MS would worry about convincing eng join MS rather than staying with Tiktok international (non-US)
      Jul 31, 2020
    • When Nokia was acquired, almost 60% of the staff were laid off
      Jul 31, 2020
  • Zulily
    gbc34h

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    gbc34h
    I have an offer from Bytedance and curious how this would impact Bytedance valuation
    Jul 31, 2020 0
  • Uber
    oshf1

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    oshf1
    Based on other M&A, it’s likely to be converted to MS stocks, with the agreed value of Bytedance and MS
    Jul 31, 2020 0
  • Converted to MSFT?
    Jul 31, 2020 2
    • Google
      qnckd

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      qnckd
      OP
      But, the equity is based on ByteDance. Wonder how TikTok portion of the equity will be converted to MSFT.
      Jul 31, 2020
    • Amazon
      mdAB80

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      mdAB80
      I assume any conversion would be based on to the current valuation. But many who joined tiktok did so expecting to make bank on the ByteDance IPO. MSFT stock won’t have the same growth potential.
      Aug 2, 2020
  • Lyft
    LoL1001

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    LoL1001
    I doubt Bytedance would want MSFT stock. They are not in the same industry and after selling tik tok, they won’t have any other presence in the US. With cash, they can take it away and use it to grow other part of their business. MSFT stock is good, but cash just makes more sense for Bytedance in this case.
    Jul 31, 2020 0