The proposal represents a 66% premium over Ablynx's three-month volume-weighted average price of EUR18.39 as of Jan. 5…[emphasis added]
However, the €28.00 non-CVR portion of the proposed buyout is only a 32% premium to ABLX.BR’s 1/5/18 closing price of €21.20.
The volume-weighted three-month average price and other similar metrics are silly ways to assess a proposed buyout, but suitors will continue to use them when they make a deal sound more lucrative.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”